Lot #: 322
Price Realized: $143.75
($125 hammer, plus 15% buyer's premium)
PLEASE NOTE: This result is 11 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.
Pair of Three-Gallon Midwestern Stoneware Crocks, fourth quarter 19th century, both of cylindrical form with semi-rounded rims and applied lug handles, each decorated with a large slip-trailed “3” underscored by a “bee stinger”. Both with discoloration to surface. One with a salt drip to rim, the other with a minor Y-shaped line near base reverse.
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