Lot #: 139
Price Realized: $4,025.00
($3,500 hammer, plus 15% buyer's premium)
PLEASE NOTE: This result is 14 years old, and the American ceramics market frequently changes. Additionally, small nuances of color, condition, shape, etc. can mean huge differences in price. Please Contact Us for a Current, Accurate assessment of your items.
Auction Highlight: March 8, 2008 Auction | Philadelphia Stoneware
Rare One-Quart Stoneware Pitcher with Cobalt Date "1851," Southeastern PA origin, ovoid pitcher with tooled foot and collar, decorated with a central flowering plant motif and a swag-and-flower motif extending from the base of the collar on the left and right. Collar decorated with cobalt leaves and flowerheads. Spout decorated with a series of cobalt dashes. Brushed cobalt date "1851" on underside. Stoneware dated in this manner is highly unusual. Base chip. Hairline on underside, which does not go through to interior. H 5 3/4".
Click images to enlarge.
A Few of the Related Items We've Sold
Extremely Fine Sgraffito Redware Plate, Southeastern PA, circa 1825
Exceptional Southeastern Pennsylvania Redware Dish with Two-Color Slip Bird Decoration, 1807
Important Pint-Sized Stoneware Jar att. R.J. Grier, Chester County, PA, with Self-Portrait
Outstanding Redware Tea Canister, probably Southeastern PA, late 18th / early 19th century
Extremely Rare Double-Crimped Redware Flowerpot with Profuse Cobalt and Manganese Decoration
