Lot #: 182
Price Realized: $885.00
($750 hammer, plus 18% buyer's premium)
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Very Rare One-Gallon Stoneware Bowl with Cobalt Floral Decoration, Stamped "IRELAND, DUEY, & SHINNICK / MT. CRAWFORD, VA", circa 1870, tapered bowl form with tooled shoulder, squared rim, and applied tab handles, decorated on each side with three brushed tulip blossoms. Cobalt highlights to handle terminals. Impressed "1" at shoulder on front. Area below one handle impressed with the large maker's mark "IRELAND / DUEY / & / SHINNICK / MT CRAWFORD / VA.". Rare maker's mark and difficult-to-find form. Very nice condition. Several small rim chips. A faint 1 1/4" surface line from rim, not visible on interior. A minor base chip, probably in-the-firing.
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