Lot #: 104
Price Realized: $546.25
($475 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.
Five-Gallon Stoneware Churn with Cobalt Bird Decoration, Stamped "E & L P NORTON / BENNINGTON VT," circa 1870, ovoid churn with tooled shoulder, squared rim, and applied lug handles, decorated with a slip-trailed design of a long-tailed bird perched on a cluster of leaves. Significant restoration to reverse including areas of rim on reverse. Thin 1 3/8" crack in rim on reverse. Some fry to cobalt. Thin 6 3/4" crack from rim. Thin 3" line to side of churn. Inverted 6 3/4" line on opposite side of churn. 4 1/4" line on underside. Chipping to interior of rim where a lid would rest.
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