Lot #: 131
Price Realized: $1,980.00
($1,800 hammer, plus 10% buyer's premium)
PLEASE NOTE: This result is 19 years old, and the American ceramics market frequently changes. Additionally, small nuances of color, condition, shape, etc. can mean huge differences in price. If you're interested in having us sell a similar item for you, please contact us here.
Auction Highlight: West Virginia Stoneware
Very Rare "HARDEN / PALATINE W. VA," Stoneware Chick Waterer with Cobalt Stenciling, circa 1875, beehive form with attached saucer and rainbow handle, decorated with stenciled designs and the words "HARDEN / PALATINE W. VA." Highly unusual form in Western PA and West Virginia stoneware. Crack on reverse and some spider cracks on front. Chips to saucer. Height 12".
Click images to enlarge.
A Few of the Related Items We've Sold
Very Fine Miniature Chester Webster, Randolph County, NC Stoneware Pitcher w/ Incised Birds
Extremely Rare and Important BROWN POTTERY (Arden, NC) Monumental Stoneware Devil Jug
Rare Ten-Gallon Alkaline-Glazed "D S" (Daniel Seagle, Lincoln County, NC) Stoneware Jar
Very Rare and Important Ten-Gallon Daniel Seagle, Vale, Lincoln County, NC Stoneware Jug
Exceedingly Rare Copper-Glazed Moravian Turtle Bottle, Salem, North Carolina, circa 1800-50
Stoneware Pitcher w/ Incised Birds, probably Webster School, Randolph County, NC
Extremely Rare Miniature Chester Webster North Carolina Stoneware Jar, Descended in Craven family
Extremely Rare and Important Craven Family Stoneware Footed Sugar Bowl, North Carolina, 1853