Lot #: 371
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.
Tanware Pitcher, New Geneva or Greensboro, PA origin, circa 1885, ovoid, narrow-bodied pitcher with tall flaring collar, decorated in Albany slip with a sweeping fuchsia vine design around the body, drapes and flourishes to the collar, dashes along the base of the collar, a stripe around the base, and dashes along the handle. Albany slip highlights to handle terminals. Provenance: Dr. Raymond L. Owen Collection. Excellent, essentially as-made condition with a minor in-the-firing contact mark to rim. H 7".
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