Lot #: 256
Price Realized: $510.00
($425 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.
Incised Redware Cup, Moravian Pottery and Tile Works, Doylestown, PA, late 19th or early 20th century, flared cup with incised floral decorations and the incised Pennsylvania-German inscription, "Essen ist fur leib und leben / Drinken ist auch gut darneben (Eating is for existence and life, Besides drinking is also good) / 1793." Surface decorated with manganese accents and covered in a clear lead glaze. This cup was made during the late 19th or early 20th century at Henry Chapman Mercer's Moravian Pottery and Tile Works in the early Pennsylvania-German style. Provenance: From a fifty year private collection. Wear to base. Small rim and surface chips. H 4 5/8".
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