Lot #: 96
Price Realized: $1,140.00
($950 hammer, plus 20% buyer's premium)
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Rare One-Quart Stoneware Pitcher with Freehand Cobalt Decoration, Western PA origin, circa 1875, ovoid pitcher with tooled accents to base of collar and rim, brush-decorated with an undulating vine above the gallon notation, "1/4," for one-quarter gallon. Freehand stripe decoration to collar. Cobalt highlights to handle terminals. Desirable form and exceptional size. Provenance: From a fifty-year West Virginia collection. Excellent, essentially as-made condition. H 7".
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