Lot #: 238
Price Realized: $2,760.00
($2,300 hammer, plus 20% buyer's premium)
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Very Rare Three-Gallon Stoneware Jug with Cobalt Independence Date, "1776," Stamped "ASHFIELD, MASS," Hastings & Belding, Ashfield, MA, mid 19th century, tapering jug with semi-squared spout, featuring the large slip-trailed date, "1776," with line below. Few examples of American stoneware bearing an Independence year date are known. Excellent, essentially as-made condition with some minor traces of old white paint to reverse. H 15 1/2".
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