Lot #: 120
Price Realized: $57.50
($50 hammer, plus 15% buyer's premium)
PLEASE NOTE: This result is 14 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.
Three Small Pottery Items, American, 19th century, the first a lead and manganese glazed redware inkwell molded in the form of a man's head; the second a wheel-thrown lead-glazed redware inkwell; the third a perforated white clay pot. Head inkwell with chips to bottom edge, chip to nose, additional wear to larger opening and a few spots on surface, as well as heavy chipping to opening at tip of figure's cap. Wheel-thrown inkwell with heavy base chipping, large chip and wear to top edge, and apparent loss to rim (which was evidently ground down). White clay pot with small rim chip. H (of head inkwell) 1 5/8" ; Length (of head inkwell) 2 3/4".
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