Lot #: 54
Price Realized: $147.50
($125 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.
Rare Spongeware Soap Dish, Signed "Herbert Garvin / Crooksville, / Ohio", early 20th century, molded soap dish with relief image of a sleeping classical figure with cupid whispering in her ear, the surface decorated with cobalt sponging over a Bristol slip ground. According to the US Federal Census, Herbert M. Garvin (1889 - 1964) was a jiggerman at a pottery in Perry County, Ohio, in 1910. His obituary states he worked at the Watt Pottery in Crooksville, which began in 1922. Excellent, essentially as-made condition. L 4 5/8".
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