Lot #: 241
Price Realized: $920.00
($800 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.
Outstanding Six-Gallon Stoneware Churn with Bird and Cherries Decoration, Stamped "W A MACQUOID & CO / POTTERY WORKS / LITTLE WST 10TH ST N.Y.," circa 1860, cylindrical churn with tooled shoulder, flared rim, and applied lug handles, decorated with a large cobalt design of a bird pecking cherries from a branch. Brushed "6" below rim. Excellent decoration. Hairlines on underside, continuing onto base. Minor wear to interior where a lid would rest. H 17 1/4".
Click images to enlarge.
A Few of the Related Items We've Sold
Extremely Rare Thomas Downing (New York) Oyster Jar attrib. Clarkson Crolius
Rare WM MACQUOID (Manhattan) Stoneware Hatted Man Jar, Inscribed "Good luck"
Rare World's Fair Stoneware Train Bank w/ New York Advertising, White's Pottery, Utica, NY, 1893
Outstanding Wm. MacQuoid / New York City Five-Gallon Crock w/ Elaborate Woman Feeding Chickens Scene
Exceedingly Rare and Important Incised Southern Stoneware Jug, Virginia or Tennessee
Exceptional W. A. MacQuoid / Manhattan Three-Gallon Stoneware Deer Crock
Important MACQUOID / NEW YORK Stoneware Crock with Federal Eagle and Historic Inscription
