Lot #: 111
Price Realized: $413.00
($350 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.
Six-Gallon Stoneware Churn with Cobalt Floral Decoration, Inscribed "S.W.," Ohio origin, circa 1860, semi-ovoid churn with tooled shoulder, semi-rounded rim, and applied lug handles, decorated with a slip-trailed design of a double-stemmed flowering plant along with the initials "SW" to the left. Slip-trailed "6" above. Cobalt highlight to impressed six-gallon capacity mark at shoulder. A chip to interior of rim. A 5" Y-shaped surface line to right side of churn's front, not visible on interior. A 4" diagonal line on reverse near base, not visible on interior.
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