Lot #: 89
Price Realized: $201.25
($175 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.
Two-Gallon Stoneware Crock with Cobalt Bird Decoration, Stamped "GEDDES NY," circa 1870, cylindrical crock with rounded rim and applied lug handles, decorated with a brushed and slip-trailed bird with long tail, perched on a stylized branch. 8" crack from rim to right of decoration. 6" hairline from rim to left of decoration, with two additional short hairlines in rim. 7 1/2" wedge broken and reglued on reverse, with additional 8" crack extending from it. Flaking to reverse and underside. Large rim chip on reverse. H 9 3/4".
Click images to enlarge.
A Few of the Related Items We've Sold
Very Rare W. H. FARRAR & CO. / GEDDES, NY Incised Bird Jug
Outstanding 2 Gal. GEDDES, N.Y. Stoneware Jug w/ Elaborate Rooster Decoration
Rare Four-Gallon CE PHARIS / GEDDES, NY Double Rooster Jug
W.H. FARRAR / GEDDES, N.Y. Stoneware Bird Jug
The Broadway Water Cooler: American Stoneware at Its Greatest
Fine HUBBELL & CHESEBRO / GEDDES, N.Y. Five-Gallon Stoneware Crock w/ Prancing Deer
