Lot #: 420
Price Realized: $540.00
($450 hammer, plus 20% buyer's premium)
PLEASE NOTE: This result is 3 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.
Seven Stoneware Bottles, 19th century, two cobalt-topped examples,. stamped "FAIRBANKS & BEARD;" a cobalt-topped example, stamped "L. BEARD / 1852;" one stamped "O. TINKHAM / 1847;" one with salt glaze over Albany slip, stamped "J.M. KINNEY;" a molded, twelve-sided example, stamped "L.O. & SON / 1873;" and a large glazed flask, probably English. Chips and wear to Beard bottles, the tallest Beard bottle with filled spout chip, the middle-sized Beard bottle with salt drip at base. Tinkham bottle with minor edge wear and a shallow in-the-firing base chip. Kinney bottle in excellent condition with a minor in-the-firing base chip. Molded bottle with surface wear and small in-the-firing surface flakes. H (of tallest cobalt-decorated bottle) 10".
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