3 Gal. J. P. PARKER / JANE LEW, WV Stoneware Churn with Stenciled Cross and Stars
October 22, 2016 Stoneware Auction
Lot #: 213
Price Realized: $2,185.00
($1,900 hammer, plus 15% buyer's premium)
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Auction Highlight: West Virginia Stoneware
Scarce Three-Gallon Stoneware Churn with Cobalt Cross Decoration, Stenciled "J.P. PARKER / JANE LEW / WV", circa 1870, cylindrical churn with heavily-tooled shoulder, flared collar, and applied lug handles, featuring a stenciled cross flanked by stars beside a reverse-stenciled "3". J.P. Parker maker's stenciling below. Stenciling is flanked by widely-brushed wavy stripes of cobalt. Additionally incised with a number "3" under one handle. This churn, which features Parker's desirable cross stenciling, is the first of its type we have seen with reversed capacity stenciling. A 1" rim chip. Two smaller rim chips on reverse. A 3" hairline from rim on front. A minor, in-the-firing separation in the Albany slip on interior rim area, measuring 1 3/4" and not visible on exterior. H 14 1/4".
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(Our next auction takes place October 26, 2019.)
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