Lot #: 339
Price Realized: $1,440.00
($1,200 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.
Fine Small-Sized Tanware Pitcher, New Geneva or Greensboro, PA origin, circa 1885, elegantly-potted, ovoid pitcher with raised shoulder molding and narrow, flaring collar; Albany-slip-decorated around the body with an elaborate sweeping fuchsia vine design between freehand stripes. Molding decorated with diagonal slashes. Collar decorated with unusual horizontal stripes below a drape-and-dot motif. Diagonal stripes to handle and highlight to lower handle terminal. Among the better small-sized tanware pitchers that we have offered. Provenance: Recently surfaced in NJ. Excellent, essentially as-made condition with minor traces of old white paint to surface. H 5 5/8".
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