Lot #: 430
Price Realized: $180.00
($150 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.
Rare Lot of Seven Malachiteware and Rockinghamware Pieces, attributed to the Edwin Bennett Pottery, Baltimore, MD, circa 1860-1880, a graduated group of four molded pitchers with eagle-head spouts and relief geometric decoration; together with a lidded teapot, the lid embossed "HE-NO POT NO 1." All covered in a green glaze with lighter flecking throughout. Pieces glazed in this manner were termed "malachiteware" by the Bennett Pottery. Few examples have survived. Included with this lot are two brown-glazed eagle-spouted pitchers. Loss to clay prongs on underside of teapot's lid. Teapot with minor chips and wear to interior of rim and two spout chips. Largest with a faint surface line to underside. Second largest with hairlines from rim and hairlines to underside. One smaller pitcher with surface lines to interior. Other smaller pitcher in excellent condition. Two brown-glazed pitchers in excellent condition. H (of tallest) 8 3/8".
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