Lot #: 471
Price Realized: $420.00
($350 hammer, plus 20% buyer's premium)
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Small-Sized Stoneware Jug with Elaborate Cobalt Decoration, Dated "1858," Westerwald, Germany, 1858, ovoid jug with tooled shoulder and tall, tooled spout with rounded mouth, decorated with a spotted drape-and-tassel motif below a rows of chain links and spotted and dashed brushwork. Cobalt highlight to mouth. Reverse inscribed "i858" with underscore. A 3/4" flake to bottom edge. Residue to mouth. A short in-the-firing separation in base of handle. H 5 3/4".
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