Lot #: 52
Price Realized: $649.00
($550 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.
One-Gallon Stoneware Pitcher with Profuse Cobalt Floral Decoration, Baltimore, MD origin, circa 1855, ovoid pitcher with semi-squared rim molding, decorated with a large and elaborate tulip plant bearing four blossoms, flanked by a series of swags on the left and right. Additional swag decoration flanking the spout and decorating the sides of the collar. Cobalt highlights to handle terminals. Provenance: A fresh-to-the-market example, from a forty-year Maryland collection. A 2" flake to interior, visible on exterior as a 5/8" chip. A top-to-bottom crack from rim on front, continuing a short distance onto underside, where it forms a small Y. A faint 1 3/4" line descends from this damage.
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