Lot #: 155
Price Realized: $442.50
($375 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.
Two Alkaline-Glazed Stoneware Pitchers, Crawford County, GA origin, second half 19th century, one of ovoid form with squared rim molding and molding at base of collar, covered in a streaky, light-olive alkaline glaze; the other of ovoid form with flared spout, covered in a streaky, mottled-green alkaline glaze. Provenance: Dr. Raymond L. Owen Collection. Shorter pitcher with a small rim chip with 2 1/2" hairline descending from it, as well as a small chip to outer edge of spout, and some shallow in-the-firing chips to underside at edge. Taller pitcher in essentially as-made condition with some in-the-firing chipping along underside at edge and some in-the-firing residue to underside. H (of taller pitcher) 10 3/4".
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