Lot #: 509
Price Realized: $510.00
($425 hammer, plus 20% buyer's premium)
PLEASE NOTE: This result is 2 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 Cobalt-Decorated Stoneware Pitchers, Northeastern U.S. origin, circa 1875, both of ovoid, tall-collared form, one with slip-trailed floral motif, stamped "FRANK B NORTON / WORCESTER MASS.," the other with slip-trailed foliate motif, impressed with the advertising, "A.B. Wheeler & Co / Boston Mass." Norton pitcher with some fry to cobalt and exfoliation to surface on front/left side of pitcher. Wheeler pitcher with areas of restoration to bottom half and underside of pitcher. H (of Wheeler pitcher) 9 3/4".
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