Lot #: 271
Price Realized: $287.50
($250 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.
Two Solomon Bell, Strasburg, VA Redware Flowerpots, circa 1875, one with crimped rim and saucer, decorated with brushed manganese swags over a whitish slip ground, and impressed with Solomon Bell maker's mark near base. The second an unsigned example with coggled shoulder and copper and manganese swag decoration. Signed example with traces of green paint, chips and wear to crimped rim, large loss and chip to saucer crimping. Unsigned example with significant wear to rim and surface of pot. H (of signed example) 5".
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