Lot #: 257
Price Realized: $184.00
($160 hammer, plus 15% buyer's premium)
PLEASE NOTE: This result is 15 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.
Six-Gallon Cobalt-Decorated Stoneware Churn, Midwestern origin, circa 1880, with tooled shoulder, semi-rounded rim, and applied lug handles, decorated with a slip-trailed cobalt "bee stinger" design under a script cobalt 6. Includes wooden lid. Green paint on interior. Some fry to cobalt. Stone ping on reverse. Two chips on interior ledge for churn lid. Very shallow rim chip, possibly in-the-making. H 17".
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