Lot #: 200
Price Realized: $805.00
($700 hammer, plus 15% buyer's premium)
PLEASE NOTE: This result is 15 years old, and the American ceramics market frequently changes. Additionally, small nuances of color, condition, shape, etc. can mean huge differences in price. If you're interested in having us sell a similar item for you, please contact us here.
Scarce Three-Gallon Cobalt-Decorated Stoneware Crock, attributed to D.G. Thompson, Morgantown, WVA, circa 1870, cylindrical crock with ribbed lug handles, rounded rim, and heavy circumferential tooling, decorated with a brushed cobalt vine design flanked by two cobalt stripes. This design is underscored by a script cobalt 3 flanked by vertical and horizontal cobalt leaves. Additional brushed cobalt stripe at base. A fine example by this ever-popular West Virginia maker. Excellent condition. Chipping to interior of rim. Light surface wear or possibly in-the-firing touch marks to ends of one handle. Small in-the-firing touch mark under same handle. H 13 1/2".
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