Sale 5819
| Philadelphia
| Philadelphia
Estimate$500 – $800
Comprising two soup plates in the “United States Hotel Philada”; three plates in the “Dam and Water Works Philadelphia,” two with paddle steamer and one with steamer flying American flag; one plate in the “Water Works Philadelphia”; a bread plate in water view “Philadelphia”; a plate in the “Gilpin's Mills on the Brandywine Creek”; and a plate depicting the steamship, “Union Line.”
Dia: 10 ¼ in. (largest)
Gilpin's Mills plate: bearing label for Margaret Johnson Sutor Antiques, Ambler, Pennsylvania
A Main Line Collection.
lot 98: small bread plate: with some crazing and some glaze cracks most visible to underside, with some darkened spots of discoloration, minor scratches; one Dam at Waterworks plate: minor cracquelure, a small filled chip to underside rim; another Dam at Waterworks plate: with some scratches to well commensurate with age, some cracquelure and some spots of darkened discoloration to underside; Union Line plate: nice overall condition, with some expected cracquelure / crazing and a few minor scratches; Dam at Waterworks plate with ship flying flag: expected cracquelure / crazing; United States Hotel bowl: stilt marks visible to rim, minor cracquelure; Gilpin's Mill plate: visible stilt marks to both sides, some minor scuffs or scrapes to glaze surface, a couple minor spots of discoloration and some expected cracquelure to glaze; Waterworks plate: some minor scratches to well, stilt marks present, expected cracquelure to glaze; other United States Hotel bowl: overall with worn, dulled surface to front, stilt marks present and a few glaze chips / firing imperfections, some scratches and areas of abrasions / scuffing to surface, a couple fleabites to edge, expected cracquelure to glaze
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