Exceptional Huntingdon County, PA Stoneware Pitcher with Elaborate Floral Decoration

November 3, 2012 Stoneware Auction

Lot #: 109

Price Realized: $1,265.00

($1,100 hammer, plus 15% buyer's premium)

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Exceptional Large-Sized Stoneware Pitcher with Profuse Cobalt Floral Decoration, attributed to E.B. Hyssong, Cassville, PA, third quarter 19th century, ovoid-bodied pitcher with rounded foot and tall collar with tooled rim molding. Body of pitcher decorated completely around with a wavy vine bearing ten tulips. Collar decorated with cobalt swags, and spout decorated with vertical swags flanking a wavy cobalt stripe. Additional cobalt stripe at base of collar. Handle decorated with cobalt stripes. Pitcher is impressed "2," although it appears to be closer to a three-gallon. One of the most elaborately-decorated Huntington County, PA pitchers we have seen. Two spout chips. Chip to side of rim. 1 1/2" section of handle reglued. Crack extending 5 1/4" up front of pitcher and across underside. Additional cracks to base area on reverse, with one extending towards base of handle. H 14".




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