Lot #: 99
Price Realized: $402.50
($350 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.
Four-Gallon Stoneware Crock with Cobalt Parrot Decoration, Stamped "F.B. NORTON & CO / WORCESTER, MASS.," circa 1870, cylindrical crock with semi-rounded rim and applied lug handles, decorated with a large cobalt parrot with crest and paddle-shaped tail, perched on a leaf. Some fry to bottom of decoration. Exfoliation to left side of front of crock. Spots of exfoliation to underside of rim. Exfoliation to top of one handle. Small glazed-over stone ping to rim on reverse. One minor chip to interior of rim and underside of crock. H 11".
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