Lot #: 9
Price Realized: $805.00
($700 hammer, plus 15% buyer's premium)
PLEASE NOTE: This result is 9 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.
Extremely Rare One-Gallon Stoneware Jug with Impressed Fish Decoration, Stamped "J FENTON," Jonathan Fenton, Dorset, VT, circa 1800-1810, ovoid jug with footed base, slip-coated surface, and heavy tooling to shoulder and spout, featuring an impressed design of a fish. Cobalt highlights to maker's mark, fish, and handle terminals. Few examples of this quality produced at Jonathan Fenton's early Dorset, Vermont operation are known. Some blue touch-up to 1" area of an in-the-firing contact mark on cheek area of fish. Otherwise excellent condition. H 11 3/4".
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