Lot #: 203
Price Realized: $402.50
($350 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.
Unusual Four-Gallon Stoneware Advertising Crock with Cobalt Chicken Pecking Corn Decoration, Stamped "P. SWEET / BULLS HEAD. N. Y," circa 1875, cylindrical crock with tooled shoulder, semi-rounded rim, and applied lug handles, decorated with a slip-trailed design of a large chicken pecking kernels of corn from a stylized lawn. Small filled and colored chip by chicken's head. Chips and wear to one handle. A few small chips on interior of rim. Small chip to exterior of rim. Small worn spot to bottom edge of crock. A few minor flakes to surface.
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