Lot of Three: Decorated Stoneware Jars and Pitcher att. D. P. Shenfelder, Reading, PA
March 25, 2017 Stoneware Auction
Lot #: 287
Price Realized: $826.00
($700 hammer, plus 18% buyer's premium)
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Three Pieces of D.P, Shenfelder, Reading, PA Stoneware, circa 1870, a rare pitcher with cobalt floral decoration over an Albany slip ground; a one-gallon jar with cobalt floral decoration; and a four-gallon jar with cobalt floral decoration. All unsigned. Provenance: A fresh-to-the-market group, purchased by the consignor's parents decades ago. All in excellent, essentially as-made condition, the one-gallon jar with a recessed contact mark to side.
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(Our next auction takes place March 21, 2020.)
Rare attrib. Wells & Richards, Reading, PA Stoneware Bedpan
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Stoneware Mug attributed to D.P. Shenfelder, Reading, PA c1870
D. P. SHENFELDER / READING, PA Stoneware Cake Crock, 1 1/2 Gallon
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D.P. SHENFELDER & CO. / READING, PA Stoneware "CHARMING FORGE" Water Cooler
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