Lot #: 121
Price Realized: $40.25
($35 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.
Rockinghamware "REBEKAH AT THE WELL" Teapot, attributed to the Edwin Bennett Pottery, Baltimore, MD, circa 1860, with raised design of a woman retrieving water from a well, the surface covered in a streaked light brown glaze. Includes original lid with floral finial. Provenance: Descended in the family of Betty Cooley, the wife of potter, Richard Franklin "Polk" Bell. Hairlines and glaze flake on underside. Light wear to spout tip. Horizontal hairline in base of handle. Some blackish-colored crazing to surface. Significant damage to lid. H 7 3/4".
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