Lot #: 83
Price Realized: $287.50
($250 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 Salt-Glazed Stoneware Jolly "N" Bank, probably Midwestern U.S., late 19th century, in the form of an African-American bust, the mouth carved to form a coin slot. Incised detail to hair. Small base chip. Faint hairline extending across bottom and 2 3/4" up reverse of bank. Additional faint line to chest, which appears to be in the surface only. H 6 1/2".
Click images to enlarge.
A Few of the Related Items We've Sold
Important J. L. Mathews, Rock Mills, AL, 1890-1910 African American Stoneware Figural Face Bank
Antique American Stoneware Bank / Face Vessel
Extremely Rare "Johnstown Pottery / 1871" Jacob Swank Stoneware Presentation Bank
Exceedingly Rare Remmey Stoneware Presentation Bank with Bird Finial, "Walter / 1892"
Outstanding Remmey (Philadelphia) Stoneware Presentation Bank w/ Incised Bird
