Lot #: 344
Price Realized: $885.00
($750 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.
Two-Gallon Stoneware Pitcher with Cobalt Floral Decoration, Philadelphia, PA origin, circa 1860, ovoid pitcher with footed base and tooled collar, decorated around its circumference with a horizontal stem bearing flowers and graduated swags. Cobalt swag decoration to sides of collar and flanking the spout. Brushed cobalt highlights to handle terminals. Provenance: Collection of Harry Meyer, McDonald, PA. Essentially as-made condition with some in-the-firing bloated spots to surface and one bloated spot to underside. A minor chip to underside at edge.
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