Lot #: 59
Price Realized: $265.50
($225 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.
Four-Gallon Stoneware Churn with Elaborate Cobalt Floral Decoration, Ohio origin, circa 1860, semi-ovoid churn with tooled shoulder, semi-rounded rim, and applied lug handles, decorated with a large slip-trailed design of a flowering plant bearing two large, finely-detailed blossoms and three smaller blossoms. Slip-trailed "4" to shoulder. This churn was decorated by an Ohio potter previously employed at the John Burger pottery in Rochester, NY. Significant restoration to base and underside, not affecting decoration. A long, tight vertical crack to left of decoration.
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