Lot #: 281
Price Realized: $241.50
($210 hammer, plus 15% buyer's premium)
PLEASE NOTE: This result is 14 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 Six-Gallon Stoneware Crock with Three-Stemmed Clover Decoration, Stamped "P. HERRMANN," Baltimore, MD origin, circa 1880, cylindrical crock with tooled shoulder, squared rim, and lug handles, decorated with an unusually-elaborate design featuring seven clovers extending from leafy stems. Reverse decorated with smaller clover design. Unusual size and decoration for Herrmann stoneware. Large chips to one handle. Large chip to opposite handle. Minor rim chips. Long vertical in-the-firing separation on interior, visible as an 8" Y-shaped hairline on exterior. Staining to surface. H 16".
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