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Large Stoneware Pitcher with Stamped Decoration
October 31, 2009 Stoneware Auction
Lot #: 113Price Realized: $1,380.00 (Price includes 15% buyer's premium).
Rare Three-and-a-Half-Gallon Stoneware Pitcher with Impressed Decoration, possibly NJ, second half 19th century, highly ovoid pitcher with tooled and cobalt-highlighted bands, narrow, spoutless opening, and heavily-ribbed handle, decorated with impressed geometric designs and hand-incised floral motifs. Decorated filled with cobalt slip. Base of handle decorated with a floral motif. Brushed "2" under handle. A skillfully-thrown and ambitiously-decorated example with heavy Germanic influence. Near mint condition with a base chip and a shallow chip on interior of rim, both of which appear to be in-the-making. H 16 1/2".
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