Item 12169
 
Coming to you from Doc's Crocks is this uncommon Purple and Black Spongeware Sugar Bowl with Lid in the Peafowl Pattern, 
 
Dating to the mid-19th century, this beauty features a Bulbous Form with Flared Rim and Footer, Purple and Black Sponging, Peafowl in Blue-Brown-Red on Branch, another Branch on the Back, and the Matching Lid.  Stands 4 1/2" tall to the top of the lid.  
 
Very Good Condition.  Two pinhead-size nibbles on the lid-seating ring, a 1/2" chip under the rim in the back (closeup), and a surface x craze line on the underside.  No base chips, hairlines, cracks, stains, or restoration.  The lid has some light staining on the seating ring on the underside.  Otherwise, as made. 
 
Ships double-boxed, insured, and FREE
 
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