Lot #: 330
Price Realized: $86.25
($75 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.
Two Midwestern Stoneware Crocks, circa 1875, both of cylindrical form with semi-rounded rims and applied lug handles, one with slip-trailed decoration of an “8” underscored by a “bee-stinger”; the other slip-trailed “4” with underlying looping lines. Eight-gallon crock with some tight surface lines and two rim chips. Four-gallon crock with crack on underside, extending several inches up crock on right side of front, as well as a handle chip, a few salt drips on side of crock at rim, and some stained spots.
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