Lot #: 421
Price Realized: $1,725.00
($1,500 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.
Fine and Unusual Half-Gallon Stoneware Pitcher with Elaborate Cobalt Floral Decoration, attributed to Henry H. Remmey, Philadelphia, PA, circa 1850, highly-ovoid pitcher with footed base and tooled rim, decorated with two-stemmed flowering plant extending to the left and right. Cobalt swag decoration flanking the spout and hanging from the rim. Cobalt highlights to handle terminals. Strong decoration and exceptional form with fine, thin-walled construction. Provenance: A fresh-to-the-market example from a thirty-five year private collection. A 3/4" base chip and minor base nick. A few rim chips and a chip to either end of spout. H 8 1/4".
Click images to enlarge.
A Few of the Related Items We've Sold
Exceptional Slip-Decorated Philadelphia Redware Loaf Dish, 18th century
Outstanding and Exceptionally Rare Stoneware Heart-Shaped Inkstand
Highly Important and Monumental Remmey Family Masterwork, Philadelphia, 1828
Extremely Rare and Fine Henry H. Remmey (Philadelphia) Incised Stoneware Pitcher, 1856
Pennsylvania Redware Dog Figure, possibly Philadelphia, circa 1850-80
Important Charles Decker (Tennessee) Stoneware Pitcher for Henry Harrison "Harry" Remmey
Exceedingly Rare & Important Remmey, Philadelphia Stoneware Face Jug
