Lot #: 7
Price Realized: $1,140.00
($950 hammer, plus 20% buyer's premium)
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Scarce Three-Gallon Cobalt-Decorated Stoneware Churn with Stenciled Eagle Motif, Stenciled "A. CONRAD. / NEW GENEVA / FAYETTE CO. PA.," circa 1875, cylindrical form with flared collar and applied lug handles, decorated with a stenciled design of a spread-winged eagle clutching an olive branch and arrows in its talons, surrounded by Alexander Conrad maker's stenciling. Further decorated below with stenciled roses. Freehand stripe to rim and bold-faced stenciled "3" with flourishes at base. Cobalt highlights to handle terminals. Two chips to shoulder molding. A few small chips to interior of rim. Several small chips to inner rim for lid. A shallow 3/4" chip to underside at edge. Grease residue to surface. H 14 1/2".
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