Lot #: 138
Price Realized: $1,560.00
($1,300 hammer, plus 20% buyer's premium)
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Very Rare Two-Gallon Stoneware Jug with Cobalt Pheasant on Branch Decoration, Stamped "J. NORTON & CO. / BENNINGTON VT," circa 1860, cylindrical jug with squared spout, decorated with a slip-trailed design of a pheasant with turned head, comb, wattle, and spotted breast, perched on a stylized branch. Cobalt highlights to maker's mark and capacity mark. The design on this jug is highly unusual as it features a pheasant instead of the typical songbird perched on the branch. Excellent, essentially as-made condition with a small base chip and a short in-the-firing surface fissure to left side. H 14".
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