1690
1690
USA, c. 1900
salt-glazed stoneware 7 h × 5½ dia in (18 × 14 cm)
salt-glazed stoneware 7 h × 5½ dia in (18 × 14 cm)
estimate: $800–1,200
result: $960
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Shortest example measures: 5.25 dia x 1.5 h inches. Collection is comprised of a candlestick, cream pitcher, footed bowl, and bowl. Marked with artist cipher to each example. Numbered to underside of footed bowl ‘IX 995’ and bowl ‘IX 980’. Dated to underside of cream pitcher ‘1900’. Candlestick inscribed ‘To Bed To Bed Said Sleepy-Head Tarry a while said Slow’.
provenance: Rago, Early 20th C., 1 October 2011, Lot 152 (candlestick, creamer, bowl) | Rago, Early 20th C., 26 October 2012, Lot 365 (footed bowl) | Private Collection