Lot #: 153
Price Realized: $690.00
($600 hammer, plus 15% buyer's premium)
PLEASE NOTE: This result is 12 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.
Rare Five-Gallon Stoneware Crock with Large Cobalt Chicken Pecking Corn Decoration, Stamped "FORT EDWARD POTTERY CO," NY State origin, circa 1859, cylindrical crock with tooled shoulder, semi-rounded rim, and applied lug handles, decorated with a well-detailed design of a chicken pecking corn atop a heavily-shrubbed ground. Excellent color and decoration. Provenance: Consigned from Washington State. Flaking to left side and reverse of crock. Chip and 1 1/2" faint surface line in rim on reverse.
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