Lot #: 141
Price Realized: $172.50
($150 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.
Small-Sized Redware Inkwell with Domed Top, American, late 18th to early 19th century, with unusual domed top and circumferential incised line accents, the top fashioned with a central hole surrounded by three smaller quill holes. Surface covered in a blackish lead-and-manganese glaze. Provenance: A fresh-to-the-market example, from an inkwell collection amassed over the last thirty years, consigned to this auction. Heavy wear to central hole and upper edge area. Diameter 2 3/4".
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