Lot #: 130
Price Realized: $172.50
($150 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 Crock with Cobalt Bird Decoration, Midwestern origin, circa 1880, cylindrical crock with tooled shoulder, applied lug handles, and semi-squared rim, decorated with a slip-trailed cobalt bird perched on a branch below the number 2. As-made condition with a small stone ping on reverse. H 8 3/4".
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