Lot #: 373
Price Realized: $1,955.00
($1,700 hammer, plus 15% buyer's premium)
PLEASE NOTE: This result is 9 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.
Very Rare One-Gallon Stoneware Pitcher with Cobalt Foliate Decoration, Stamped "WELLS & RICHARDS / READING," Pennsylvania origin, circa 1845, ovoid pitcher with tooled collar and wide, drooping pouring spout. Decorated completely around the midsection with a series of upward and downward curving cobalt swags. Collar decorated with additional cobalt swags. The early Reading, PA maker's mark, WELLS & RICHARDS, is very difficult-to-find. The stamp on this example includes an unusual small-sized font, lacking the abbreviation "PA," a variation for this mark we have not offered before. Provenance: A fresh-to-the-market example, recently found in Pennsylvania. Spout chip. Spidering surface lines throughout much of pitcher's body, only one of which extends through to interior of pitcher.
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