Lot #: 118
Price Realized: $1,320.00
($1,100 hammer, plus 20% buyer's premium)
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Extremely Rare Stamp-Decorated Stoneware Inkwell, Dated 1861, attributed to Chester Webster, Randolph County, NC, 1861, wheel-thrown, cylindrical form with narrow mouth, decorated around the edge with a series of impressed circles. Incised on underside with the date, "1861," between two wavy lines, underscored by either an illegible script name or an initial "L" flanked by repeating slashes. Surface coated in an iron-oxide wash with overlying salt glaze. Inkwells are among the rarest utilitarian stoneware forms produced in the American South, this example having been made by one of the most celebrated potters of 19th century North Carolina. Excellent, essentially as-made condition. Diam. 2 1/4" ; H 1 5/8".
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