Lot #: 449
Price Realized: $240.00
($200 hammer, plus 20% buyer's premium)
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Three Stoneware Jugs with Cobalt Floral Decoration, Stamped "BALLARDVALE, MASS.," second half 19th century, each of cylindrical form, two one-gallon jugs with brushed floral motifs and a two-gallon jug with slip-trailed floral motif. One one-gallon jug with mottling to surface, a large glazed-over ping to shoulder on reverse, a smaller glazed-over ping near base, small base chips, and a long semi-circular line on underside, continuing a short distance up body of jug. Other one-gallon jug with two spout chips, staining and light wear to surface, an in-the-firing sliver-shaped ping to side, the base with minor chipping and light wear. Larger with loss to spout, a smaller spout flake, some in-the-firing flaws and a small amount of paint to surface, some small in-the-firing chips to bottom edge, and areas of fry to cobalt. H (of tallest) 14".
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