Lot #: 104
Price Realized: $977.50
($850 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 Five-Gallon Stoneware Churn with Cobalt Chicken Pecking Corn Decoration, NY State origin, circa 1875, semi-ovoid churn with tooled midsection, flared rim, and applied lug handles, decorated with a large slip-trailed design of a chicken with spotted body and upswept tail, pecking kernels of corn from a stylized ground. This churn features an interesting wide-based form, likely designed to keep the churn still while in use. An excellent example of a popular NY State design. Thin 4" crack on underside, continuing up side of churn 6 1/2". Small stone ping to midsection and small stone ping to rim. Additional 5/8" stone ping under one handle. Numerous small nicks to ledge on interior where a lid would rest. H 17".
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