Lot #: 82
Price Realized: $115.00
($100 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.
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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