Lot #: 197
Price Realized: $575.00
($500 hammer, plus 15% buyer's premium)
PLEASE NOTE: This result is 12 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.
Five-Gallon Stoneware Churn with Elaborate Cobalt Bird Decoration, Stamped "W. ROBERTS BINGHAMTON, NY," circa 1870, ovoid churn with tooled shoulder, flared rim, and applied lug handles, decorated with a large slip-trailed design of a fan-tailed bird with turned head, perched on a flowering vine. Excellent detail to decoration, with heavy striping to the bird's chest and neck, as well as spotting to the wing. Professional restoration to cracks in front, with some touch-up to bird's tail only. In-the-firing stone ping to rim. Some fry to cobalt.
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