Three-gallon Stoneware Butter Churn

Description:

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.
Estimate $6,000-8,000

Very minor firing cracks and discoloration. Few small chips to the rim. No apparent restoration.


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