$3,500
Estimate: $4,000 - $6,000
Auction: April 23, 2007 11:00:00 AM EDT
Decorated in black transfer with the bust of George Washington surrounded by figures and ribbon inscribed within a ribbon inscribed with the names of fifteen states; masonic decoration and verse, "The Light Shineth in darkness, and the darkness comprehendeth it not;" on reverse; "Elsa Howe," and berried branches in enamel below spout;.
Provenance: William Kurau, Lampeter, Pennsylvania, 2004
note: an example of this pitcher is illustrated in Armen, No. W32b, and was listed as "Previously unrecorded"