Lot #: 21
Price Realized: $1,003.00
($850 hammer, plus 18% 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.
Rare Slip-Decorated Redware Dish with Bird Motif, possibly North Carolina origin, early 19th century, decoration, cream, green, and brown slip, featuring a central image of a bird with raised wing, surrounded by daisies, "fish scale" motifs, and straight and wavy lines. Excellent decoration. Provenance: A fresh-to-the-market example, from an eighty-year private collection. Losses to slip on interior, primarily to bird. Wear and shallow chips to rim. Diameter 9 1/2" ; H 2".
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