Lot #: 40
Price Realized: $660.00
($550 hammer, plus 20% buyer's premium)
PLEASE NOTE: This result is 3 years old, and the American ceramics market frequently changes. Additionally, small nuances of color, condition, shape, etc. can mean huge differences in price. If you're interested in having us sell a similar item for you, please contact us here.
Two Stoneware Jugs with Cobalt Numeral Decorations, NY State origin, circa 1870-1875, a one-gallon jug with slip-trailed, striped "1," stamped "WEST TROY, / N.Y / POTTERY," paired with a two-gallon jug with ornately-slip-trailed "2," stamped "HUDSON.N.Y / POTTERY." West Troy jug with an in-the-firing flake to top of spout and some small traces of old gray paint to left side of jug. Hudson jug in excellent, essentially as-made condition with a small, in-the-firing surface fissure to right side, a minor in-the-firing chip to underside at edge, and some very minor, in-the-firing surface fissures to underside. H (of two-gallon jug) 14".
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