Lot #: 222
Price Realized: $2,880.00
($2,400 hammer, plus 20% buyer's premium)
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Rare One-and-a-Half-Gallon Stoneware Jar with Cobalt Reclining Deer Scene, Stamped "J. & E. NORTON / BENNINGTON VT," circa 1855, cylindrical jar with tooled shoulder, semi-rounded rim and applied lug handles, decorated with a slip-trailed design of a deer with turned head and spotted body, reclining on a hill accented with shrubs, including two fences and a tree in the background. Cobalt highlights to capacity mark and maker's mark. An exceptionally small size to the vessel for this classic Norton motif. Provenance: Herb and Carol Hausmann Collection. A few chips to interior of rim. Chips to inner rim for lid. A few chips to proper right handle. In-the-firing discolored area to middle of decoration. H 10 5/8".
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