Rare and Important Figural Redware Baby-in-Cradle Bank, probably Pennsylvania

Fall 2025 Stoneware Auction

Lot #: 397

Price Realized: $4,200.00

($3,500 hammer, plus 20% buyer's premium)

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Rare and Important Manganese-Decorated Redware African-American Infant in Cradle Bank, probably Pennsylvania, 19th century, slab-constructed cradle on rockers with a hand-modeled figure of an African-American infant holding a bottle on interior. Pierced eyes to figure and carved slot in mouth. Lead-glazed surface with manganese highlights throughout. Highly unusual form and subject. Provenance: Christie's Sale for The Seamen's Bank for Savings, March 13, 1991, Lot #177; Ex-Collection Bill Bertoia; Crocker Farm, Inc., May 21, 2005, lot 151. Minor wear. L 6 1/4".