Lot #: 186
Price Realized: $1,320.00
($1,100 hammer, plus 20% buyer's premium)
PLEASE NOTE: This result is 2 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.
Large-Sized Redware Plate with Elaborate Yellow-Slip Bird Decoration, Matawan, New Jersey origin, circa 1840, with coggled edge, the lead-glazed interior decorated in slip-trailed yellow slip with a long-tailed bird perched on a leafy branch surrounded by wavy, spotted, and curved trails. The inclusion of large and varied slip-trailed designs around the bird is unusual, this work being the most heavily-decorated Matawan bird plate that we have offered. Provenance: A fresh-to-the-market example, purchased by the consignor twenty or thirty years ago. Wear to slip. Some additional small flakes to interior. Rim chips. Flakes to interior. Typical light wear to interior surface. A 4 1/2" crack from edge. A few rim chips. Diam. 13 1/4".
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