Lot #: 143
Price Realized: $1,770.00
($1,500 hammer, plus 18% buyer's premium)
PLEASE NOTE: This result is 6 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.
Very Rare Tanware Flowerpot with Profuse Albany Slip Decoration, Inscribed "Jane Lew", Jane Lew, WV origin, circa 1885, tapered flowerpot with attached saucer and semi-rounded rim, decorated in Albany slip with boldly-brushed scalloped stripes flanking a horizontal stripe, above the brushed inscription, "Jane Lew". Strong decoration and highly unusual pottery signature. The first of its kind we have ever offered. Provenance: A fresh-to-the-market example, from a twenty-year private collection. Very nice, as-made condition with a 1 3/4" in-the-firing flake to rim, a shallow 1" in-the-firing flake to rim, as well as some other minor, in-the-firing roughness to rim. H 8 1/8" ; Diameter (across top) 8 1/4".
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