Lot #: 27
Price Realized: $575.00
($500 hammer, plus 15% buyer's premium)
PLEASE NOTE: This result is 10 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.
Two Cobalt-Decorated Stoneware Pitchers, American, second or third quarter 19th century, a two-gallon ovoid pitcher with unusual brushed butterfly and swag decorations, stamped "SOMERSET POTTERSWORKS," Massachusetts origin; paired with a one-and-a-half-gallon pitcher with slip-trailed floral design and "1 1/2" in cobalt, Northeastern or possibly Midwestern U.S. origin. Somerset Pottersworks pitcher with crack on underside, continuing onto base area, chips to interior of rim, small area of flaking to shoulder, and an iron ping to side of pitcher. Other pitcher with 7" crack from rim on left side of spout, tight lines to midsection and base on front, and a salt drip to side.
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