Lot #: 250
Price Realized: $531.00
($450 hammer, plus 18% buyer's premium)
PLEASE NOTE: This result is 7 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 Glazed Redware Pitcher, New York State origin, possibly Lorenzo Johnson, Newstead, Erie County, NY, circa 1850, straight-sided pitcher with heavily-ribbed handle and tooling to shoulder and rim, the surface covered in a lead glaze over a mottled reddish ground with greenish-cream streaks cascading from the rim. Excellent form and color. Provenance: The Stradlings; Garth's Auction, 1980. Base chips. A tight Y-shaped crack to base, continuing 1 1/2" onto underside. A 1 1/4" chip to interior of rim, a small rim chip, and other minor rim wear. A small in-the-firing contact mark to midsection. Some typical light surface wear to midsection. H 8".
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