Lot #: 544
Price Realized: $258.75
($225 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.
Yellowware Washboard, American, fourth quarter 19th century, with raised diamond pattern and mottled cobalt decoration over a yellow ground, in original wooden frame. Frame marked on reverse "No 139" image of a hatted gentleman and child. Chip to edge of washboard. Loss to edge of wooden frame. Crack in wood of horizontal support piece at base of frame. Three vertical wooden slats on reverse of washboard possibly missing. Dimensions (including frame): 23 5/8" x 12 1/4".
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