Lot #: 99
Price Realized: $172.50
($150 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.
Two Pieces of Pennsylvania Pottery, circa 1880, a redware jar with lead-glazed interior, stamped "JOHN W. BELL / Waynesboro, Pa.," paired with a half-gallon butter crock with incised banding and brushed decoration of three cobalt tulips, attributed to Richard C. Remmey, Philadelphia, PA. Bell jar with sealed and colored T-shaped crack at base, continuing across underside and partway up reverse of jar. Butter crock with rim chips and four cracks from rim, the rim secured with a wire. H (of butter crock) 4 1/8" ; Diameter (of butter crock) 6 1/4".
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