Lot #: 106
Price Realized: $373.75
($325 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 Paddletailed Bird Decoration, Stamped "N.A. WHITE & SON / UTICA, N.Y.," circa 1885, cylindrical crock with semi-rounded rim and applied lug handles, decorated with a large slip-trailed and brushed cobalt design of a paddletailed bird perched in a flowering vine. Provenance: Tom McCandless Collection, Hopewell, NJ. Restoration to area above bird, and touch-up to cobalt on 1" section of bird's wing and 1 3/4" section of stem at base. Several thin cracks to reverse. Small flake to one handle. Small rim chip on reverse. H 11".
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