Lot #: 500
Price Realized: $531.00
($450 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.
Two Alkaline-Glazed Face Pitchers, Stamped "B.B. CRAIG / VALE, NC", early fourth quarter 20th century, both of similar ovoid form with flared collars and applied clay facial features, including smiling mouths with china teeth. Each coated in a gray alkaline glaze over a reddish clay body and impressed with a Burlon Craig maker's mark on underside. Both in excellent, essentially as-made condition. H (of smaller pitcher) 3 5/8" ; H (of taller pitcher) 7 3/4".
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