Lot #: 372
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.
Fine Two-Gallon Stoneware Pitcher with Cobalt Clover Decoration, Baltimore, MD origin, circa 1850, ovoid pitcher with footed base and flared collar accented with tooled lines, the front decorated with a two-stemmed flowering plant design. Spout and color decorated with a series of brushed swags. Restored spout. 7 1/2" crack on right side of pitcher's front, which extends onto underside where it forms a tight four-line spider crack. The three other sections of this four-line spider crack extend in the form of faint hairlines a very short distance onto the base of the pitcher. An in-the-firing contact mark on left side of pitcher, in the form of two small chips and a small piece of adhered clay.
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