Lot #: 184
Price Realized: $720.00
($600 hammer, plus 20% buyer's premium)
PLEASE NOTE: This result is 3 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 One-Gallon Stoneware Advertising Jug with Incised Tree Decoration, Stamped "SOLD BY / FLAGG & ABBOTT / NASHUA / NH," attributed to Thomas Crafts & Co., Nashua, NH, circa 1830's, ovoid jug with tooled spout and ribbed handle, decorated with a incised design of a tree with long, curving branches, each tipped in impressed circles. Cobalt highlights to impressed advertising. Excellent, essentially as-made condition. Very nice condition with a 1 1/8" in-the-firing base chip, some staining, and some bits of adhered kiln residue to surface. H 11 3/4".
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