Lot #: 256
Price Realized: $300.00
($250 hammer, plus 20% buyer's premium)
PLEASE NOTE: This result is 3 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.
Two Slip-Decorated Redware Plates, Berks County, PA origin, second half 19th century, both by the same maker, decorated in copper-flecked yellow slip, one with unusual tree design, the other with three wavy lines. Tree plate with minor edge chips and very shallow 1 5/8" surface flake to exterior. Other plate with two chips and wear to edge. Diam. (of tree-decorated plate) 7 1/4".
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