Lot #: 35
Price Realized: $920.00
($800 hammer, plus 15% buyer's premium)
PLEASE NOTE: This result is 13 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.
Six-Gallon Stoneware Crock with Elaborate Cobalt Parrot Decoration, Stamped "F.B. NORTON & CO. / WORCHESTER, MASS.," circa 1870, cylindrical crock with rounded rim and applied lug handles, decorated with a large slip-trailed parrot with crest and heavily-shaped breast and wing, perched between two leaves accented with spots. Excellent decoration. Provenance: Lynn White Collection, Readfield, ME. Long horizontal separation line at base, which does not extend through to interior. Stone ping on front. H 12 3/4".
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