Lot #: 358
Price Realized: $240.00
($200 hammer, plus 20% buyer's premium)
PLEASE NOTE: This result is 4 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 Pieces of Cobalt-Decorated Stoneware, 19th century, a blind pig with elaborate slip-trailed decoration and incised numerical notation, Westerwald, Germany origin; paired with a one-gallon ovoid jug with cobalt floral decoration, New York State origin, circa 1830. Bling pig in excellent, essentially as-made condition. Jug in excellent condition with some light staining to surface and an in-the-firing iron ping to shoulder on left side. L (of blind pig) 11".
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