Lot #: 228B
Price Realized: $287.50
($250 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 Cobalt Insect Decoration, Stamped "BURGER & LANG / ROCHESTER, N.Y.," circa 1870, cylindrical crock with tooled shoulder, thick semi-rounded rim, and applied lug handles, decorated with a highly unusual design of a flying insect, detailed with cross-hatched wings, its body with heavily-shaded ends and spotted center. Slip-trailed script 5 above. This crock is the only example from Rochester with insect decoration that we have seen. Staining to surface. Chips to end of one handle. A few small chips to opposite handle. H 13".
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