Lot #: 175
Price Realized: $600.00
($500 hammer, plus 20% buyer's premium)
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Fine Alkaline-Glazed Stoneware Pitcher with Incised Decoration, Sand Mountain, AL origin, circa 1850-1880, ovoid pitcher with slightly-flared rim, decorated along the upper body with incised horizontal lines interspersed with wavy and zigzagged combing. Surface covered in a mottled honey-brown alkaline glaze. A 6" inverted Y-shaped crack from rim on front, including a 1" x 1" professionally-restored wedge at spout. A sealed 5 1/2" crack on pitcher's proper left side. H 10".
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