Lot #: 299
Price Realized: $86.25
($75 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.
Two-Gallon Stoneware Churn with Cobalt Floral Decoration, attributed to Smith & Day, Norwalk, CT, circa 1840, semi-ovoid form with tooled shoulder, flared rim, and applied lug handles, decorated with a slip-trailed flowering vine design. Some fry to cobalt. Rim chips. Several iron and stone pings, mostly to reverse and side of churn, including one on left side of churn with a 1 1/4" line extending from it. Wear to inner rim where a lid would rest. Two small base chips to reverse. A faint 2" Y-shaped line to front, not visible on interior.
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