Lot #: 25
Price Realized: $390.00
($325 hammer, plus 20% buyer's premium)
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Stoneware Jug with Cobalt Watch Spring Decoration, probably Manhattan, NY origin, second half 18th century, highly ovoid jug with footed base, heavily-tooled spout, and semi-rounded mouth, decorated with two conjoined spiraling "watch spring" motifs at the shoulder. Cobalt accents to handle terminals. Spider lines to underside and base. Various mostly large in-the-firing contact marks to surface. Some fairly typical in-the-firing fissures to handle terminals. A short in-the-firing fissure to underside at edge. A small in-the-firing ping to spout. H 15".
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