Lot #: 408
Price Realized: $431.25
($375 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.
Scarce Six-Gallon Stoneware Churn with Cobalt Clover Decoration, Baltimore, MD origin, circa 1870, large-sized, tapered churn with flared collar and applied lug handles, decorated on the front and reverse with a two-stemmed clover plant design. Cobalt highlights to handle terminals along with a curving line of cobalt underneath each handle. Baltimore-made stoneware churns are unusual and relatively few are known in this size. A 1 3/4" x 1 1/2" chip to rim on side of churn. A few small, bloated spots to surface. A minor glazed-over ping to collar. H 17 5/8".
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