Unusual Stoneware Flask with Sponged and Rooster Decoration Inscribed "Take a Pinch of Old Coch"

July 22, 2017 Stoneware Auction

Lot #: 592

Price Realized: $88.50

($75 hammer, plus 18% buyer's premium)

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Miniature Spongeware Flask with Rooster Motif, probably English, Inscribed "AG", late 19th century, featuring cobalt decoration over a white ground; one side featuring the image of a rooster below the inscription "TAKE A PINCH / OLD COCH", the reverse with elaborate floral motif. Pages with sponge decoration. Pages inscribed with initials, "AG". Provenance: Property of a New York State collector. Excellent, essentially as-made condition. L 2 7/8".

Unusual Stoneware Flask with Sponged and Rooster Decoration Inscribed Unusual Stoneware Flask with Sponged and Rooster Decoration Inscribed Unusual Stoneware Flask with Sponged and Rooster Decoration Inscribed Unusual Stoneware Flask with Sponged and Rooster Decoration Inscribed Unusual Stoneware Flask with Sponged and Rooster Decoration Inscribed

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