Lot #: 83
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.
Extremely Rare Glazed Morgantown School Redware Vase, Stamped "W. BURCHNELL / LONDON,' Ohio origin, circa 1835, large-sized vase with ovoid body, cylindrical neck, and flattened rim, the exterior surface covered in a dipped cream-colored glaze. Interior with reddish-brown lead-and-manganese glaze. Impressed on upper body with William Burchnell maker's mark. William Burchnell was evidently trained in Morgantown, Virginia (now West Virginia), and joined fellow Morgantown potter, James M. Thompson, Jr., in London, Ohio by 1830, establishing a pottery on the site of the town's Presbyterian Church. Very few signed examples of his work exist, and this vase is the only example of the form by Burchnell we have seen. Provenance: A fresh-to-the-market example, recently found in New York State. Significant restoration to exfoliation on body to areas below maker's mark. Restored rim chips. Restoration to foot. 3 1/2" crack extending up from base. Some exfoliation to underside. H 9 1/2".
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