Lot #: 82
Price Realized: $115.00
($100 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.
Five Utilitarian Stoneware Vessels, 19th century, two salt-glazed bottles, one Greenwich, NY example with "W. SMITH / PATENT PRESSED" stamp at base, also impressed "D.L. ORMSBY / 1849" within a star at shoulder, the other stamped "EATON & LONGLEY"; two salt-glazed inkwells, English or American; and a Bristol-slip-glazed flowerpot with cobalt decoration. Smith bottle with base chips, including one over maker's mark, and large cracks at base. Other bottle with two in-the-firing contact marks, in otherwise excellent condition. Chips to spout of one inkwell. Other inkwell in excellent condition. Flowerpot with fry to surface and a large inverted Y-shaped crack from rim.
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