Lot #: 90
Price Realized: $230.00
($200 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.
Exceptional Slip-Decorated Redware Shaving Mug, American, possibly Baltimore, MD or Morgantown, WV origin, early 19th century, with applied dish, tooled midsection, and ribbed handle, the surface covered in a dark brown lead-base glaze augmented with iron or manganese, the body lavishly-decorated with green slip spots and a leaf, the dish decorated with a wavy band of green-colored slip. The use of colorful spots of glaze over a dark ground is often associated with the work of Morgantown, WV potters. The style of the dark glaze on this example is also similar to that found on redware shards excavated in Baltimore, MD. Given that this mug was found in the Baltimore area, it may be of local origin. An excellently-decorated piece. Provenance: Recently found in a Baltimore, MD area home. Crack along edge of dish, where it joins body of mug, continuing 2" horizontally under dish. Shallow chip to rim of dish and additional wear to rim of dish and mug. 1" hairline in dish. H 3 1/2" ; Length (from edge of dish to rim) 5".
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