Lot #: 113
Price Realized: $920.00
($800 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.
Rare Albany-Slip-Glazed Stoneware B & O Railroad Pitcher, probably Midwestern origin, late 19th century, stump-form pitcher with upswept spout and twig handle, embellished with an impressed screw-head terminal. Surface decorated with the applied letters, "B & O", representing the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad, and is further decorated with applied knots, sawed limbs, a star, a nut cluster, a flower, and a wreath. Excellent condition with a tiny spout chip and minuscule spout nick, a chip to one sawed limb, and some other very minor wear. H 8 7/8".
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