Lot #: 91
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.
Very Rare Glazed Redware Pitcher with Yellow Slip "Swan" Decoration, Baltimore, MD origin, early 19th century, ovoid pitcher with rounded foot and flaring collar, the surface decorated with four large groups of yellow slip swags reminiscent of a swan, applied over a lead-and-manganese-glazed ground. The distinctive slip decoration on this pitcher is characteristic of other redware examples, which, like this pitcher, were excavated in Baltimore. Missing handle. Flakes to surface. Rim chips and a few rim nicks. 3" thin crack from rim. H 6 3/4".
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