Lot #: 391
Price Realized: $97.75
($85 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.
Two Pieces of Spongeware, American, late 19th century, an unusual scallop-rimmed pitcher, paired with a bowl, both decorated with blue sponging over an off-white ground. Pitcher with some small colored rim chips and a 2 1/2" hairline from rim. Bowl with a few short in-the-firing lines from rim, a few other minor post-firing surface lines from rim, and some surface lines on underside, a 1 1/2" in-the-firing base flake, and faint surface lines on underside. H (of pitcher) 7".
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