Lot #: 44
Price Realized: $1,840.00
($1,600 hammer, plus 15% buyer's premium)
PLEASE NOTE: This result is 13 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 Slip-Decorated Redware Bowl, probably Hagerstown, MD, early 19th century, with rounded sides and rim, the interior decorated with cream and brown slip lines flanking a wavy line of cream slip. Clear lead-glazed interior. The use of a wavy slip-trailed line flanked by other circular lines is typical of the work of early Hagerstown potters, including Peter Bell. Provenance: From a Hagerstown, MD collection. Glaze wear to interior. Two rim chips. Diameter 9 1/4".
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