Lot #: 354
Price Realized: $287.50
($250 hammer, plus 15% buyer's premium)
PLEASE NOTE: This result is 8 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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