Extremely Rare G. & A. BLACK (Somerfield, PA) Stoneware Pan

March 1, 2014 Stoneware Auction

Lot #: 225

Price Realized: $2,990.00

($2,600 hammer, plus 15% buyer's premium)

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Extremely Rare One-Gallon Stoneware Pan with Cobalt Decoration, Stamped "G. & A. Black," Somerfield, PA, circa 1860, tapered vessel with squared rim and applied lug handles, decorted with a brushed tulip extending from a leafy stem on the front and reverse. Impressed with an inverted "G. & A. Black" maker's mark and a one-gallon capacity mark below one handle. The only signed example of this form by George and Albert Black we have seen. Provenance: A fresh-to-the-market example, which descended in a Western PA family to the consignor. Several rim chips. Wear to handles, including a chip to one handle. Light surface wear. Three very minor, shallow base chips.




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