Lot #: 32
Price Realized: $1,800.00
($1,500 hammer, plus 20% buyer's premium)
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Three-Gallon Alkaline-Glazed Stoneware Jug with Impressed Marks, probably B.F. Landrum Pottery, Horse Creek Valley, Edgefield District, SC, circa 1850, highly-ovoid jug with tooled spout, the surface covered in a light-olive alkaline glaze with runs and darker-brown coloration to proper left side. Two impressed or incised slash marks to shoulder beside three incised punctates denoting three gallons. An impressed circle at base of handle. Provenance: From a fifty-year SC collection. Very nice condition with a horizontal hairline through handle and a small base chip. H 15".
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