Rare D.P HOBART, Agent / Williamsport, Pa Stoneware Batter Pail w/ Cobalt Floral Decoration

Spring 2026 Stoneware Auction

Lot #: 181

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Rare One-Gallon Stoneware Batter Pail with Cobalt Floral Decoration, Stamped "D.P HOBART, Agent / Williamsport, Pa," circa 1880, ovoid form with tubular pouring spout, pierced clay tabs with wood-and-wire bail handles, and applied handle at base on reverse, brush-decorated on the reverse with a large tulip motif and on the front with a second tulip, its blossom encompassing the base of the spout. Cobalt highlights to clay tabs, maker's mark, capacity mark, and handle at base. Relatively few examples of marked Hobart stoneware are known, this example featuring a desirable form and strong decoration. Provenance: Herb and Carol Hausmann Collection. Shallow chipping around rim. Light wear to one applied tab. Spout chips. A slender 1" in-the-firing contact mark (surface flake). An approximately 2" X-shaped surface fissure to interior base and a minor 3/4" surface fissure to underside. Some light staining/residue to surface. H 9".



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