Lot #: 493
Price Realized: $330.00
($275 hammer, plus 20% buyer's premium)
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One-Gallon Stoneware Pitcher Lamp, Baltimore, MD origin, circa 1875, ovoid pitcher with three brushed hanging flower motifs around the body. Wavy stripe decoration to collar. Cobalt highlights to handle terminals. Converted into a lamp. Lamp wire hole drilled at base. Metal cover affixed to top. It is unknown whether the lamp works. H (of pitcher) 10 1/2" ; H (of entire piece including lamp) 23".
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