Lot #: 135
Price Realized: $316.25
($275 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.
Four-Gallon Stoneware Churn with Stenciled Cobalt Eagle Decoration, Ohio origin, circa 1875, cylindrical churn with tooled shoulder, applied lug handles, and wide semi-squared rim, decorated with a large stenciled Federal eagle, holding olive branches and arrows in its talons and a banner in its beak, inscribed "4". Very good condition with minor flaws. Some faint surface crazing to reverse, not visible on interior and apparently in-the-firing. Salt drips to underside. Salt drip to top of one handle. Salt drip near base on reverse. Small chips and wear to ledge on interior of rim where a lid would rest. Small chip to interior of rim. Minor worn spot or stone ping to end of one handle. Tiny nick to opposite handle.
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