Lot #: 139
Price Realized: $265.50
($225 hammer, plus 18% buyer's premium)
PLEASE NOTE: This result is 6 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, Stamped "J. & L.E. MEEKER / SUCCASUNNY, NJ", second quarter 19th century, highly-ovoid jug with semi-squared spout, the surface covered in a mottled-brown Albany slip glaze. Succasunny, NJ, now referred to as Succasunna, is located in Morris County's Roxbury Township. This jug is one of a very few signed examples known from this pottery. Provenance: A fresh-to-the-market example, purchased by the consignor decades ago. Excellent, essentially as-made condition with some minor in-the-firing flaws to surface.
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