Lot #: 305
Price Realized: $1,092.50
($950 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.
Outstanding Two-Gallon Stoneware Pitcher with Cobalt Bird-on-Stump Decoration, New York State origin, circa 1870, large-sized, ovoid pitcher with tooled shoulder and flared rim, decorated with a slip-trailed design of a crested bird with long tail and spotted body, perched on a stylized tree stump. Excellent size, form, and decoration. Few bird-decorated stoneware pitchers of this size are known. Chip to left side of spout. Other minor in-the-firing flaws, including a minor in-the-firing chip to side of pitcher. two minor, glazed-over base chips, and some in-the-firing roughness to top edge of rim. H 12 3/4".
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