Lot #: 284
Price Realized: $287.50
($250 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.
Two-Gallon Stoneware Cake Crock with Unusual Cobalt Decoration, Baltimore, MD origin, circa 1845, low-walled cylindrical crock with applied tab handles, decorated with a brushed cobalt swag and hanging flower or grape cluster design composed of numerous open ovals. Numerous cracks on underside with slivers of clay missing. One of these cracks extends up side and onto rim. A second crack extends from underside 2 1/2" up base of crock, where it forms a Y. A third crack also extends from underside 5" up side of crock to base of handle. A 3" hairline extends off of this crack. There is also a small sliver of clay missing from this crack, though this sliver does not extend through to interior. H 7" ; Diameter 12 1/8".
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