Authentic ANTIQUE Blue /White CUT SPONGEWARE BOWL 1800s

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CAUTION: You’re liable to get hooked on collecting this type country pottery if you’re not careful. The good part is: You don’t find it very often. And the bad part is: You don’t find it very often.

This bowl is sweet as sweet can be, and it’s in nice condition. There are no chips, crack or disappointments. All you’ll find are the signs of age and use, which is what makes antiquing such a joy.

It is 3 ½” tall and 5 ½” in diameter, but the size matters less than the design AND the shape of the side. It was gracefully formed – not just made as a straight-sided or rounded-side piece.

I wish I knew the maker, but I don’t. I have more of a feel for the age. It’s likely from somewhere around the time just after the American Civil War; wouldn’t you think?

Here at 341, I have two "Prime Directives:"
First: I never, under any circumstances, use a reserve, and everything starts at $9, sometimes even less. And, I never end auctions early or use BIN.
Second: I don't clean, repair, or otherwise monkey around with anything. I push enough dust aside to note any flaws, but if I discovered it in some dusty attic, you can look forward to a little dust on it when it gets to your house. If it has a flaw or a wart, I'll tell you about it.
So rest easy and have some fun. Why not place a little tiny bid right now so's you don't forget about it later.

I’ll bet that light blue on the bottom is the smudged thumbprint of the decorator. Anyone want to follow a career in antique pottery forensics?

Just as you’d hope, you’ll find little glaze imperfections here and there. The really good old pieces have experience and that experience is part of what makes us desirable. (Oops. Did I say “us?” That was just a slip-up.) I was thinking back to something I told a pretty little young gal I saw sitting alone down at Big Helen’s Bar and Billiards a few weeks ago. It was obvious she’d been crying, and that usually means “she’d been done wrong” by some young man with very little sense.

I slid over and tried to cheer her up. It was the gentlemanly thing to do. It took me only a few minutes to get a half smile out of her.

That’s when I slipped up. Acting too quickly, I tried an approach I’d been thinking about for a few years, and this was the first opportunity I’d had to use it. I said, “Once you go geezer, you’ll never go back.”

She held her palm up to my face and attempted a smile through her red-rimmed eyes.

OK. So it didn’t work that time, but that doesn’t mean it won’t someday. Real patience is something you learn over time – kinda like in duck hunting.

GOOD LUCK

Buyer pays $6.50 for professional packing and insured shipping.(That is for U.S. Lower 48 only. Elsewhere in the known Universe - request quote.) All Customs forms will state actual selling price of items shipped internationally.