Lot #: 503
Price Realized: $316.25
($275 hammer, plus 15% buyer's premium)
PLEASE NOTE: This result is 11 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.
Rare Two-Gallon Slip-Decorated Redware Jug, Whitewater, WI origin, second half 19th century, ovoid jug with large rounded spout and applied handle, decorated with brown slip leaf extending from a long curving stem. Brushed slip "2" above. Surface covered in a lead glaze over a colorful mottled orange ground. 8" in-the-making horizontal gash in clay at base. Long meandering Y-shaped line in glaze, extending around body of jar, which is denoted by a darker color to the surface. Scratches, wear, and spots of missing glaze to surface, some of which are in-the-firing contact mark. Wear to spout. Lesser glaze wear to handle, including a tight horizontal hairline through handle, a small stone ping to edge of lower handle terminal, and a small chip to opposite side of lower handle terminal. Some shallow chipping to base on reverse and shallow flakes to underside near edge.
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