Lot #: 67
Price Realized: $5,980.00
($5,200 hammer, plus 15% buyer's premium)
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Auction Highlight: April 10, 2010 Auction | Philadelphia Stoneware
Diminutive Cobalt-Decorated Stoneware Bank, probably Eastern PA, circa 1870, finely-potted ovoid bank with rounded foot and dramatic stepped finial, the body with brushed cobalt swag decoration, the finial’s tip and midsection with cobalt highlights. Exceptional form, size, and condition. Remarkable as-made condition with a few spots on the tip of the finial where the cobalt bubbled off during the firing. H 4 1/2".
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