$5,904
Three-gallon Stoneware Butter Churn, probably New York, c. 1820-40, slightly ovoid body with applied lug handles, cobalt blue sgraffito-decorated with a large militia officer figure holding a nine-star flag, trailed by four soldiers wearing packs and holding flintlock muskets with fixed bayonets followed by an artillery fieldpiece, backside hand-marked with the number "3," (minor imperfections), ht. 15 in.
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2015-03-01