Lot #: 179
Price Realized: $747.50
($650 hammer, plus 15% buyer's premium)
PLEASE NOTE: This result is 11 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.
Slip-Decorated Redware Plate with Tulip Design, Berks County, PA origin, 19th century, with coggled edge, the interior decorated in yellow slip with a large tulip head, each half composed of four trails. Remainder of plate decorated with unusual daubs of yellow slip. Provenance: A fresh-to-the-market example from an eighty-year private collection. Rim chips. Wear, knife marks, and some small flakes to interior. Diameter 10".
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