Lot #: 329
Price Realized: $708.00
($600 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.
Rare Slip-Decorated Redware Spittoon, attributed to the Singer Pottery, Haycock Township, Bucks County, PA, second half 19th century, cylindrical form with footed base, raised molding at midsection, and oval opening at shoulder. Surface coated in manganese and decorated around the shoulder with a copper slip wavy line design under a clear lead glaze. Additional faint copper slip tulip blossom motifs surrounding the hole on top. Provenance: A fresh-to-the-market example, discovered by a Singer family descendant in the 1950s in one of several boxes stored away in the eaves of the Singer Pottery warehouse. Excellent, essentially as-made condition. H 4 3/8" ; Diameter (across top) 8 1/8".
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