Lot #: 26
Price Realized: $295.00
($250 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 One-Gallon Stoneware Tankard Pitcher with Cobalt Floral Decoration, Ohio origin, circa 1875, cylindrical pitcher with rounded shoulder and flared collar, the surface covered in a heavy whitish slip and decorated on one side with a brushed vine bearing three round pieces of fruit or flower blossoms. Cobalt dash decoration to base of collar. Cobalt stripe to handle and brushed highlights to handle terminals. Exceptional form. Provenance: Harry Meyer Collection. A network of hairlines extending several inches up base around body of pitcher. H 10 3/4".
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