Lot of Two: Unusual Stoneware Inkwells with Impressed Designs and Cobalt Decoration

March 23, 2019 Stoneware Auction

Lot #: 436

Price Realized: $147.50

($125 hammer, plus 18% buyer's premium)

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Two Cobalt-Decorated Stoneware Inkwells with Impressed Designs, Northeastern U.S. origin, early 19th century, a four-holed example of semi-ovoid, the top with brushed cobalt and impressed leaf and asterisk motif; paired with a three-holed example with arched dentile coggling and cobalt highlights to top. Four-holed inkwell with a thin crack on one side, in otherwise excellent condition. Three-holed example with base chips, a spider crack to one side, and dryness to surface. H (of four-holed example) 2" ; Diameter (of four-holed example) 3 1/4".

Lot of Two: Unusual Stoneware Inkwells with Impressed Designs and Cobalt DecorationLot of Two: Unusual Stoneware Inkwells with Impressed Designs and Cobalt DecorationLot of Two: Unusual Stoneware Inkwells with Impressed Designs and Cobalt Decoration

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