Lot #: 430
Price Realized: $501.50
($425 hammer, plus 18% buyer's premium)
PLEASE NOTE: This result is 5 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.
Large-Sized Stoneware "GR" Mug with Incised Checkerboard Decoration, Westerwald, Germany origin, 18th century, cylindrical form with heavily-tooled banding, decorated with a diagonally-incised checkerboard design, surrounding an impressed "GR" cartouche. Cobalt highlights throughout. Inscribed "1/2" in cobalt on reverse. A tight Y-shaped line across underside. Some additional faint surface crazing to underside. A 1 1/4" line from rim on exterior, a very small portion of which is visible on the interior. Some additional very faint, minor lines to interior and exterior, probably in-the-making. H 7 7/8" ; Diam. (at base) 5 15/16".
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