Lot #: 391
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.
Extremely Rare Three-Gallon Stoneware Handled Bowl with Cobalt Clover Decoration, Baltimore, MD origin, circa 1870, large-sized, ovoid bowl with footed base, semi-rounded rim, and applied lug handles, decorated on the front and reverse with a two-stemmed clover plant. Cobalt highlights to handle terminals. A visually-appealing form and the first of its type we have seen produced in Baltimore. Provenance: A fresh-to-the-market example from a thirty-five years Midwestern collection. A thin sealed crack extending across underside, which also continues 5" up base on one side and 2" up base on opposite side. A thin 7" crack on side of bowl, extending through handle. H 7 1/2 ; Diameter 15 1/4".
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