Lot #: 281
Price Realized: $510.00
($425 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.
Small-Sized Tanware Pitcher, New Geneva or Greensboro, PA origin, circa 1885, vasiform pitcher with flared rim and raised band at base of collar, decorated in Albany slip across the midsection with a freehand vine motif. Dashed Albany slip brushwork above and running along spot. Dipped Albany slip drape motif at rim and stripe at base. Albany slip highlight to lower handle terminal. Excellent, essentially as-made condition with a minor in-the-firing nick to spout, two tiny worn spots to top of rim, probably in-the-firing, and a tiny in-the-firing ping to collar. H 5 3/4".
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