Lot #: 45
Price Realized: $517.50
($450 hammer, plus 15% buyer's premium)
PLEASE NOTE: This result is 11 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.
Cobalt-Decorated Stoneware Flask, New York State origin, circa 1820, with slightly-flattened sides and heavily-tooled neck, each side decorated with a brushed cobalt plant or leaf. An unusually-fat-bodied example. Provenance: Dug in New York State approximately twenty years ago. Essentially as-made condition with in-the-firing crazing to shoulder and neck area on one side, and some dryness to decoration on reverse. H 7".
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