Lot #: 214
Price Realized: $258.75
($225 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.
Four-Gallon Stoneware Crock with Cobalt Double Bird Decoration, Stamped "S. HART / FULTON," NY State origin, circa 1860, cylindrical crock with tooled shoulder, semi-squared rim, and applied lug handles, decorated with a slip-trailed cobalt design of crossed birds featuring heavily-shaded wings and dotted accents. Slip-trailed "4" to left of bird decoration. Long crack on side of crock, extending onto underside. Inverted Y-shaped hairline on reverse. Minor chip to interior of rim. Some in-the-firing roughness to surface.
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