Lot #: 301
Price Realized: $660.00
($550 hammer, plus 20% buyer's premium)
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Rare Glazed Redware Sugar Bowl Lid with Bird Finial, attributed to James C. Mackley or Anthony W. Bacher at the Big Hunting Creek Pottery, Mechanicsville (now Thurmont), MD, circa 1875-1885, wheel-thrown lid with rounded edge and flattened top surmounted by a hand-modeled and applied bird with incised wings, feeding at an applied and incised flower blossom. Surface decorated with splashed manganese and covered in a clear lead glaze. Loss to bird's beak. Otherwise excellent condition. Diam. 4 1/4" ; H 2 3/4".
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