Lot #: 96
Price Realized: $747.50
($650 hammer, plus 15% buyer's premium)
PLEASE NOTE: This result is 10 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.
Very Rare Miniature Stoneware Jug with Cobalt Foliate Decoration, Baltimore, MD origin, circa 1850, highly-ovoid jug with tooled spout, decorated with a leafy vine extending around the midsection. Cobalt highlights to handle terminals. Cobalt-decorated stoneware jugs produced in Baltimore are considered exceptionally rare. The rarity of this example is compounded by its diminutive size. Excellent, essentially as-made condition. H 4 1/2".
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