Lot #: 413
Price Realized: $1,495.00
($1,300 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.
Fine Six-Gallon Stoneware Churn with Elaborate Cobalt Bird-on-Stump Decoration, Stamped "WEST TROY, / N.Y. / POTTERY", circa 1875, ovoid churn with tooled shoulder, semi-rounded rim, and applied lug handles, decorated with a slip-trailed design of a crested bird with turned head, long tail, and cobalt-highlighted body, perched on a tree stump. Striped details to trunk. Heavily-slip-trailed ground below includes shrubs and stylized flowers. Cobalt highlights to maker's mark and capacity mark. Includes Albany-slip-glazed lid. Some fry to cobalt. Large sealed spider crack to reverse. A small in-the-firing ping to shoulder on right side of front. A 1 1/2" salt drip to left side of churn. Wear to interior of rim and inner rim for lid. One chip to lid.
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