Unusual Stoneware FRITZ & BROTHER / RISING SUN, PA Molded Stoneware Spittoon

July 22, 2017 Stoneware Auction

Lot #: 434

Price Realized: $88.50

($75 hammer, plus 18% buyer's premium)

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Rare Spongeware Cuspidor, Stamped "FRITZ & BROTHER / RISING SUN, PA", late 19th or early 20th century, featuring a relief holly-leaf-and-berry design, decorated with cobalt and green sponging over a Bristol slip ground. Fritz & Brother maker's mark on underside. Provenance: A fresh-to-the-market example, from a sixty-year private collection. Some in-the-firing unglazed areas to rim. A partially glazed-over, in-the-firing crack from rim along seam line. A 1 1/4" rim chip and other small rim chips. H 5 3/4" ; Diameter 7 3/4".

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