Lot #: 410
Price Realized: $501.50
($425 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-Gallon Stoneware Pitcher with Cobalt Foliate Decoration, Southeastern PA origin, circa 1860, ovoid pitcher with footed base and tooled collar, decorated around the body with four groups of graduated swags. Additional swag decoration encompassing the spout and decorating the left side of the spout. Brushed cobalt highlights to handle terminals. Provenance: A fresh-to-the-market example, from a sixty-year private collection. As-made condition with three recessed in-the-firing contact marks to body.
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