Lot #: 227
Price Realized: $324.50
($275 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.
Four-Quart Stoneware Batter Pail with Cobalt Floral Decoration, attributed to the Whites Pottery, Utica, NY, circa 1875, ovoid form with tubular pouring spout and wood-and-wire bail handle, decorated on the front with a slip-trailed design of a flowering plant with heavily-striped blossom and leaves. Slip-trailed "4" above decoration. Shallow chipping throughout edge of handle at base on reverse. Crazing to underside. A few tiny nicks to shoulder molding. A tight 4" crack from rim on side of pail. Some fry to cobalt.
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