Lot #: 175
Price Realized: $2,040.00
($1,700 hammer, plus 20% buyer's premium)
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Fine Glazed Redware Bank with Copper Slip Decoration, attributed to Willoughby Smith, Womelsdorf, PA, circa 1880, ovoid bank with footed base, carved vertical coin slot, and button-shaped finial, lavishly-decorated throughout with splashes of bright-green copper slip under a clear lead glaze. Old pencil inscription on underside reads, "Lizzie / Lizzie (?)," possibly the person for whom the bank was made. Provenance: From a fifty-year New England collection. Very nice condition with a small chip and wear to finial as well as some minor wear to slot. H 4 1/4".
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