Lot #: 559
Price Realized: $383.50
($325 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.
Half-Gallon Cobalt-Decorated Stoneware Pitcher, Baltimore, MD origin, circa 1850, ovoid pitcher with semi-rounded rim, decorated around the body with a hanging graduated foliate motif. Area below rim decorated with a wavy cobalt line. Cobalt highlights to handle terminals. A chip to interior of spout where spout meets rim of pitcher. A rim chip on reverse. A circular crack around base of pitcher indicates the bottom was broken in a single piece and reglued. A 5/8" prefiring chip to top of handle, which is glazed over. A very shallow 1" in-the-firing flake to edge of handle.
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