Lot #: 398
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.
Exceptional Cobalt-Decorated Stoneware Stein with Incised Birds Motif, Westerwald, Germany origin, 19th century, cylindrical form with tooling to shoulder and base, lavishly-decorated with four incised birds flanking floral medallions and two candlestick motifs flanking two medallions depicting lidded urns. Cobalt spot decoration to rim and base. A small rim chip to shoulder. A 3/4" in-the-firing base chip, which is partially glazed over. Missing pewter lid. H 8".
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