4 Gal. L. NORTON & SON / BENNINGTON Stoneware Jug with Butterfly Decoration

July 20, 2019 Stoneware Auction

Lot #: 265

Price Realized: $324.50

($275 hammer, plus 18% buyer's premium)

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Four-Gallon Stoneware Jug with Cobalt Butterfly Decoration, Stamped "L. NORTON / BENNINGTON", VT origin, circa 1830, highly ovoid jug with squared spout, decorated with a brushed design of a butterfly. Cobalt highlights to maker's mark and capacity mark. Staining, mottling to clay, and in-the-firing lines throughout. Some wear to cobalt. Minor wear to base. A minor in-the-firing iron ping to handle near lower terminal.




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