Lot #: 456
Price Realized: $390.00
($325 hammer, plus 20% buyer's premium)
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Two Copper-Decorated Redware Flowerpots, attributed to the Bell Pottery, Strasburg, VA, circa 1875-1890, both with attached saucer and white slip coating, decorated around the body with lead-and-copper-glazed swags. Unmarked. Saucer of taller example with a large chip and smaller chips, in otherwise excellent condition. Smaller example with a rim chip, wear to rim of pot and saucer, and flakes to body, the surface coated in a light varnish. H (of taller) 8 1/2".
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