Lot #: 14
Price Realized: $420.00
($350 hammer, plus 20% buyer's premium)
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Two-Gallon Alkaline-Glazed Stoneware Jug, Edgefield District, SC origin, mid 19th century, ovoid jug with pronounced shoulder molding and tooled spout, the surface covered in a gray-green alkaline glaze. Incised with two faint slash marks at shoulder. Top of spout sheered off. Horizontal crack to handle. A 3" hairline on underside, continuing a short distance onto base, where it forms a long Y. A small glazed-over base chip. An in-the-firing ping near base on front. H 13 3/4".
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