Lot #: 14
Price Realized: $345.00
($300 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.
Rare Stoneware Churn with Cobalt Floral Decoration, Stamped "WESTHAFER AND LAMBRIGHT," Mill Township, Tuscarawas County, Ohio, origin, circa 1865, cylindrical churn with thin rim, decorated with a finely-brushed flowering plant having a dotted blossom. Impressed "WESTHAFER / AND / LAMBRIGHT / 8" on reverse. Westhafer and Lambert appear in the Twenty-First Annual Report of the Ohio State Board of Agriculture ... for the Year 1866 as a "Manufacturing Establishment" located near Urichsville in Tuscarawas County, Ohio, and a search in the 1870 Federal Census reveals the pottery's specific presence in Mill Township. Exceptional size with strong decoration. 9 1/2" Y-shaped line under one handle, not visible on interior. Otherwise mint condition. H 19 1/2".
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