Lot #: 428
Price Realized: $2,300.00
($2,000 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.
Rare Six-Gallon Stoneware Churn with Cobalt Pheasant-on-Stump Decoration, Stamped "W-A LEWIS / GALESVILLE N-Y", circa 1858, semi-ovoid churn with rounded rim and applied lug handles, decorated with a slip-trailed design of a pheasant with crest and turned head, perched in the crook of a tree stump. Good detail to stump and ground below. Cobalt highlights to maker's mark. Figural-decorated pieces from the W.A. Lewis Pottery are considered rare. This example combines a skillfully-turned, large-sized churn form with a formidable pheasant motif measuring 10 1/2" tall. Significant sealed cracks on reverse, extending onto left and right sides of churn. Spider line extending from base to wing of bird. An iron ping to front. A salt drip to reverse. H 19".
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