Lot #: 251
Price Realized: $747.50
($650 hammer, plus 15% buyer's premium)
PLEASE NOTE: This result is 8 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.
Unusual Half-Gallon Stoneware Pitcher with Cobalt Floral Decoration, West Virginia or Ohio origin, third quarter 19th century, ovoid-bodied pitcher with heavy tooling to midsection and rim, decorated with a brushed design of three tulips emanating from the base. Graduated stripe decoration to left and right sides of pitcher. Heavy cobalt spot decoration to collar. Cobalt stripe decoration to handle. Some in-the-firing dryness and mottling to surface. A shallow 1 1/8" chip to side of rim. A few very minor rim nicks. H 9".
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