Lot #: 533
Price Realized: $201.25
($175 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.
Three Pieces of Bell Family Redware, circa 1850-1880, a lidded redware bean pot with lead-glazed interior, stamped "JOHN BELL / WAYNESBORO'", with original lid, also stamped "JOHN BELL / WAYNESBORO'"; a three-gallon ovoid jar with manganese spotted tulip decoration, stamped "JOHN BELL / WAYNESBORO'"; and an ovoid lidded jar, stamped "JOHN W. BELL / Waynesboro, Pa.". Bean pot in excellent condition with two shallow base chips. Bean pot lid with large chip to knob and other lesser chips. Manganese-decorated jar with top-to-bottom crack on front, a second crack extending several inches up from base on front, exfoliation to surface, flakes to interior, a base chip, and chips and wear to rim. John W. Bell jar with exfoliation to surface, the lid in excellent condition. H (of John W. Bell jar, excluding lid) 14 1/2".
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