Lot #: 30
Price Realized: $805.00
($700 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.
One-Gallon Stoneware Butter Crock with Cobalt Floral Decoration, Stamped "JOHN BELL / WAYNESBORO'", PA origin, circa 1850-1880, cylindrical crock with footed base, squared rim, and applied lug handles, decorated on the front and reverse with a large spotted tulip motif, applied over whitish slip. Brushed cobalt highlights to handle terminals. Impressed with John Bell maker's mark at shoulder. Includes lid with spotted tulip motif, cobalt-highlighted knob, and John Bell maker's mark on underside, probably not original to this crock. Crock in very nice condition with a rim chip, two small rim flakes, a minor rim nick, a shallow worn spot to rim (probably in-the-firing), and a minor handle chip. Lid with two chips and a tiny nick to underside of rim and a chip to flange on underside.
Click images to enlarge.
A Few of the Related Items We've Sold
JOHN BELL / WAYNESBORO Stoneware Pitcher
Exceedingly Rare Pair of JOHN BELL (Waynesboro) Redware Spaniel Figures w/ Original Painted Surfaces
Rare JOHN BELL / WAYNESBORO Redware Flowerpot with Ring Handles
Fine Snow Hill Nunnery Redware Bowl, attrib. John Bell, Waynesboro, Pennsylvania, c1840
JOHN BELL, Waynesboro, PA Stoneware Pitcher
Extremely Rare I. BELL (John Bell) Tin-Glazed Redware Jar, Winchester, VA or Hagerstown, MD, c1825
Outstanding and Rare JOHN BELL / WAYNESBORO' Stoneware Pitcher w/ Cobalt Decoration, c1850-80
