Lot #: 354
Price Realized: $287.50
($250 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.
Copper-Slip-Decorated Redware Bowl, Mid-Atlantic origin, possibly Hagerstown, MD, circa 1800-1830, tapered bowl with semi-rounded rim, decorated with heavy, continuous trails of copper slip on the interior, along with a wavy trail of copper slip to the rim. Surface covered in a clear lead glaze. Some small, glazed-over in-the-firing losses to slip on rim. An approximately 1" filled and colored area on rim with a 1 1/2" partially-colored line descending from it. H 2 5/8" ; Diameter 8 3/4".
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