Lot #: 100
Price Realized: $690.00
($600 hammer, plus 15% buyer's premium)
PLEASE NOTE: This result is 14 years old, and the American ceramics market frequently changes. Additionally, small nuances of color, condition, shape, etc. can mean huge differences in price. If you're interested in having us sell a similar item for you, please contact us here.
Three-Gallon Stoneware Jug with Cobalt Flying Bird and Basket Decoration, Stamped "N. WHITE & CO. BINGHAMTON," NY State origin, circa 1866-1868, cylindrical jug with sloped shoulder and rounded spout, decorated with a brushed cobalt flying bird with incised eye, flanked by a slip-trailed wreath extending from an open-handled urn. Provenance: A fresh-to-the-market example from a Maine collection assembled during the 1980s. Salt drips to front and shoulder. Roughness to surface below maker's mark, caused by in-the-firing residue. Some fry to cobalt. H 16".
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