Lot #: 132
Price Realized: $1,840.00
($1,600 hammer, plus 15% buyer's premium)
PLEASE NOTE: This result is 9 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.
Rare and Important New England Glazed Redware Inkwell, Bristol County, MA origin, late 18th or early 19th century, cylindrical form with slightly-domed top and central opening with semi-squared spout. Surface covered in a beautiful lead-and-manganese glaze with bold manganese streaks and flecking over a yellowish-orange ground. An exceptionally rare form from this highly collected and regarded potting school. Literature: Illustrated in Slipped & Glazed: Regional American Redware (A Loan Exhibition), Brian Cullity, Heritage Plantation of Sandwich, 1991. Provenance: A fresh-to-the-market example, from an inkwell collection amassed over the last thirty years, consigned to this auction; Ex- I.M. Wiese, Southbury, CT. Shallow chips to base. Wear to spout. Some other small spots of wear to glaze. Diameter 3 1/2" ; H 3".
Click images to enlarge.
A Few of the Related Items We've Sold
Exceptional Connecticut Redware Loaf Dish w/ Three-Color Marbled Decoration
Very Rare Norwalk, Connecticut Redware Platter: "Cheap as Mud"
Exceedingly Rare and Important 18th Century New England Redware Bottle, probably Charlestown, MA
Extremely Rare and Important "United States" Redware Platter, Norwalk, CT, circa 1825-50
Rare and Important "Washington & Lafayette" Redware Platter, Norwalk, CT
Rare and Important Slip-Decorated New England Redware Jar with Lid
Exceedingly Rare "John Adams" Slip-Decorated Redware Platter, Norwalk, Connecticut
Rare "William & Mary" Slip-Decorated Redware Plate, Norwalk, CT origin
