Lot #: 108
Price Realized: $258.75
($225 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 Two-Gallon Stoneware Cake Crock with Cobalt Shaking Hands Decoration, Stamped "SOMERSET / POTTERS WORKS," Massachusetts origin, circa 1875, low-walled cylindrical crock with semi-rounded rim and applied lug handles, decorated with a crisply-stenciled cobalt design of two hands shaking with cuffed sleeves. Significant restoration to reverse extending around to side of crock, with paint covering one handle. Small chips on interior of rim and small chip on exterior. H 6 1/2" ; Diameter 11".
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