Lot #: 381
Price Realized: $86.25
($75 hammer, plus 15% buyer's premium)
PLEASE NOTE: This result is 10 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.
One-Gallon Stoneware Pitcher with Floral Decoration, Southeastern PA origin, circa 1860, ovoid pitcher with footed base, tooled collar, and stepped rim molding, decorated around the body with a brushed cobalt swag and hanging flower decoration. Collar additionally decorated with cobalt swags. An in-the-making loss to foot was smoothed over and brushed with cobalt prior to the firing. Losses to spout. Two rim chips on reverse, one of which is glazed over. Y-shaped hairline on underside, which becomes very thin and extends approximately 5 1/2" up reverse of pitcher, where it forms a second Y. Contact mark below handle on reverse. Some in-the-making, glazed-over scratches to front.
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