Lot #: 266
Price Realized: $149.50
($130 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.
Cobalt-Decorated Stoneware Spittoon, Baltimore, MD origin, circa 1870, with tooled foot and carved oval at shoulder, decorated with a series of five brushed cobalt flowers and cobalt brushwork around opening at shoulder. 1 1/4" base flake. Faint top-to-bottom line, continuing onto underside. Additional short hairlines in wall of spittoon, continuing onto underside. Stone ping on top edge. H 4" ; Diameter 9 1/2".
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