Lot #: 215
Price Realized: $632.50
($550 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.
Extremely Rare HARMONY VILLAGE, VA Stoneware Advertising Crock, Baltimore, MD origin, circa 1880, cylindrical crock with semi-squared rim, decorated around the body with three brushed cobalt clover heads. Impressed with the cobalt-highlighted merchant advertising "CT MARSTON & CO / HARMONY VILLAGE VA." Harmony Village is located about fifty miles north of Williamsburg. A highly unusual example of Baltimore stoneware made for the Virginia market. Provenance: From a thirty-year Virginia collection. Crock is out of round. Stone ping and recessed spot on shoulder. 1 1/2" rim chip, which is shallow and smooth. Two minor chips on interior of rim. H 10".
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