Lot #: 489
Price Realized: $180.00
($150 hammer, plus 20% buyer's premium)
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Multi-Glazed Redware Washbowl, attributed to S. Bell & Sons, Strasburg, VA origin, circa 1890, wheel-thrown bowl with footed base, molded handles with applied clay orbs, and perforated soapdish with coggled edge, surmounted by scrolled pieces of clay flanked by clay orbs. Surface decorated with splashed copper and manganese over yellow clay, and covered in a clear lead glaze. This washbowl is strongly attributed to S. Bell & Sons based on its employment of molded, as opposed to hand-pulled, handles, as well as its use of inherently yellow clay (as opposed to slip-coated red clay). Poor restoration to entire soap dish. A long Y-shaped crack from rim on reverse. A 2" poorly-filled and colored rim chip. A minor rim chip. Minor nicks to one handle. A minor nick to opposite handle. Minor chips and a crack to scrollwork at rim. H 6 3/4" ; W 17 1/4".
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