Lot #: 595
Price Realized: $442.50
($375 hammer, plus 18% buyer's premium)
PLEASE NOTE: This result is 7 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.
Four Redware Fruit Banks, American, late 19th century, a pear, an orange, and an apple, all with original painted surfaces. Provenance: A fresh-to-the-market group, from a sixty-year private collection. Chips to slot of orange bank. Some minor in-the-firing chips to base of apple bank. Some typical wear to paint on all three. H (of pear) 4 1/2".
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