Lot #: 247
Price Realized: $2,640.00
($2,200 hammer, plus 20% buyer's premium)
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Very Rare Tanware Pitcher with Sgraffito "1889" Date, New Geneva or Greensboro, PA origin, 1889, stylishly-potted pitcher with angular moldings to midsection and tall, flaring collar, the body dipped in Albany slip and incised in a sgraffito style with the date, "1889.," surrounded by flourishes. Dot-and-dash decoration above and slash decoration to molding at base of collar. Drape motifs to rim. Desirable inclusion of a date and unusual treatment. Excellent, essentially as-made condition. H 6".
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