Lot #: 515
Price Realized: $390.00
($325 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.
Five Pottery Flowerpots, Including Rare Morgantown, WV Example, American, 19th century, a salt-glazed stoneware flowerpot with tooled shoulder, drain hole in underside, and Thompson Pottery one-gallon capacity mark, Morgantown, WV origin, circa 1860 (flowerpot is actually much smaller than one gallon); a salt-glazed stoneware flowerpot with elaborate incised sine wave decoration, Southern U.S. origin, second half 19th century; a tanware flowerpot with Albany slip over reddish clay, Western PA origin, circa 1885; an Albany-slip-glazed stoneware flowerpot, possibly OH, fourth quarter 19th century; and a lead-and-manganese-glazed redware hanging flowerpot, 19th century. Southern flowerpot with three cracks from rim and minor rim wear. Morgantown flowerpot with an inverted 3 1/4" Y-shaped line from rim, including a minor chip to interior of rim. Tanware flowerpot with a minor rim chip. Two other flowerpot with rim chips, the redware example with additional surface flakes. H (of Southern flowerpot) 6 1/4".
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