Lot #: 260
Price Realized: $1,150.00
($1,000 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.
Rare Three-Gallon Stoneware Churn with Elaborate West Virginia Advertising, Stenciled "C.F. PARSONS & SON / HUNTINGTON. W.VA," Western PA origin, circa 1875, cylindrical churn with tooled shoulder, rounded rim, and applied lug handles, decorated with freehand stripes above and below the profuse stenciled advertising "C.F. PARSONS & SON / DOORS, SASH, / LATH, / LIME, / HARDWARE / QUEENSWARE & C.". Stenciled flourishes at midsection, flanking the advertising, and flanking a stenciled 3 at base. A particularly fine example of West Virginia advertising stoneware. Chip to interior of rim and a few small chip to inner rim where a lid would rest. Large in-the-firing contact mark on reverse of churn. Some fry to left side of cobalt stripes at base.
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