Lot #: 25
Price Realized: $517.50
($450 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.
Very Rare Quart-Sized Stoneware Pitcher, Baltimore, MD origin, circa 1820-1825, with ovoid form, cylindrical collar, and rounded foot, decorated with folky slip-trailed tree or plant design applied three times around the body. Collar decorated with a wavy stripe of cobalt. Probably made at the William Morgan Pottery on Pitt Street. Intact Baltimore pitchers of this size are very unusual. Professionally restored handle. Tight 3 1/2" sealed and colored hairline on reverse. A few faint, minor lines on top edge of pitcher. H 6".
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