Lot #: 304
Price Realized: $57.50
($50 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.
Two Pieces of Utilitarian Redware, Pennsylvania origin, 19th century, a redware jar with lead-and-manganese glazed interior and post-firing carved initials "S H," presumably for "Snow Hill," as the bowl had been purchased at the Snow Hill Nunnery Sale, held at Horst Auctions in 1997; paired with a glazed redware batter pitcher with sponged manganese decoration, raised on six heart-shaped feet. Jar in very nice condition with a chip to bottom edge and some minor flakes to shoulder. Batter pitcher with crack across underside, continuing partway up body of pitcher, along with a 2 3/4" crack from rim, two rim chips, and wear to rim, spout, and handle, the handle with additional chipping to bottom spur. H (of jar) 8 3/4".
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