Lot #: 506
Price Realized: $632.50
($550 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 Bowl, possibly Hagerstown, MD, circa 1800-1830, tapered bowl with footed base and tall, stepped rim molding in the Hagerstown style. Interior decorated with bands of manganese slip overlain with a scalloped cream-colored slip stripe accented with sea-green drips of copper slip. Thin 4" crack from rim. Rim chips. Wear to slip and interior surface. Two very minor shallow chips to underside. H 3 3/8" ; Diameter 13 1/2".
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