Lot #: 264
Price Realized: $345.00
($300 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.
Two-Gallon Stoneware Crock with Cobalt Chicken Pecking Corn Decoration, NY State origin, circa 1875, cylindrical crock with tooled shoulder, semi-rounded rim, and applied lug handles, decorated with a large cobalt chicken (or possibly a rooster, given the long tail) pecking kernels of corn from the ground. Inverted Y-shaped hairline along with another hairline from rim on front. Top-to-bottom hairline on reverse. A few minor rim chips.
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