Lot #: 271
Price Realized: $1,380.00
($1,200 hammer, plus 15% buyer's premium)
PLEASE NOTE: This result is 13 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.
Multi-Glazed Redware Washbowl, attributed to J. Eberly & Co., Strasburg, VA, circa 1890, with applied soap dish, the rim ornamented with scrolled strips of clay flanked by balls of clay, the ribbed strap handles girded by a ball of clay at rear and screw head terminal at the front. Surface decorated with splashed copper and manganese over cream-colored slip, and covered in clear lead glaze. A desirable Shenandoah Valley form. Excellent color. Provenance: A fresh-to-the-market example consigned from VA. Damage and glaze loss to soap dish. Chips to scrollwork. 1 1/2" chip to exterior of rim and a shallow 1 1/4" chip to interior of rim. 3/4" rim chip on reverse. Glaze wear to handles, rim, and interior base. Glaze wear to foot of bowl. Small fleck of glaze loss to body on reverse. Diameter 14 3/4".
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