Lot #: 56
Price Realized: $1,320.00
($1,100 hammer, plus 20% buyer's premium)
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Rare Graduated Group of Three Alkaline-Glazed Stoneware Jugs, attributed to the Miles Mill Pottery, Edgefield District, SC, circa 1867-1885, each of ovoid form with distinctive flattened spouts and arched handles, the two larger examples with rounded shoulder, the smallest example with angular shoulder. The largest features a dark-olive alkaline glaze, while the two smaller examples featuring darker alkaline glazes. The smallest example is potted in a highly unusual size. Included with this lot is a brown glass apothecary bottle with related spout construction and paper label for "VALERIAN, N. F.," purchased by David Ward to show the influence of glass forms on stoneware production. All jugs in excellent, essentially as-made condition, the largest with a glazed-over vertical scratch. Glass bottle with losses to label. H (of shortest stoneware jug) 6 3/4".
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