Lot #: 152
Price Realized: $360.00
($300 hammer, plus 20% buyer's premium)
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Two-Gallon Cobalt-Decorated Stoneware Jar, Stamped "BENNINGTON / FACTORY," Captain John Norton, Bennington, VT, early 19th century, ovoid jar with tooled shoulder, flared collar, and applied lug handles, brush-decorated with the inscription, "2.," on the front along with cobalt highlights to the handle terminals and maker's mark. Small chips around rim. Proper right handle with a 1" surface line and a minor chip. Proper left handle with a small chip and a small in-the-firing contact mark. An in-the-firing contact mark to front. A glazed-over in-the-firing iron ping to reverse. Some staining to surface. A Y-shaped hairline ascending 3 3/4" up base on front. Minor nicks to bottom edge. H 10 3/4".
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