Lot #: 513
Price Realized: $420.00
($350 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.
Extremely Rare Cobalt-Decorated Stoneware Chicken Waterer, Stenciled "JAS. HAMILTON / & CO. / GREENSBORO, / PA.," circa 1875, beehive form with flattened top, thick, arching handle, and applied watering trough, featuring James Hamilton maker's stenciling and cobalt highlights to the trough and handles. The first signed Hamilton chicken waterer that we have seen. Significant cracks throughout. Losses to trough. A large flake above trough. A drip of old gray paint to top. H 12".
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