Lot #: 382
Price Realized: $184.00
($160 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.
Four-Gallon Stoneware Churn with Cobalt Beestinger Decoration, Midwestern origin, circa 1875, cylindrical churn with tooled shoulder, flared rim, and applied lug handles, decorated with an elaborate slip-trailed cobalt bee stinger below the number "4". Some fry to cobalt. Small rim chips along with a glazed-over rim chip. Some spots of staining. Small chip on interior of rim. Minor chips on interior where a lid would rest. H 15 3/4".
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