Lot #: 325
Price Realized: $126.50
($110 hammer, plus 15% buyer's premium)
PLEASE NOTE: This result is 15 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.
Two Spongeware Bowls, American, late 19th century, two molded spongeware bowls, one with blue sponging over a whitish ground, and another with blue and brown sponging over a cream-colored ground. Blue-and-white bowl in as-made condition with two in-the-firing separation lines on exterior, which do not go through to interior, measuring 1" and 1 1/4". Blue-and-white bowl also has a few in-the-firing touch marks to rim, as well as tripod marks and some crazing to interior only. Other bowl has a few shallow rim chips, a small chip to bottom edge of rim, and a circular line on interior, which does not go through to underside. H (of blue-and-white bowl) 6" ; Diameter (of blue-and-white bowl) 12".
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