Rare HAMILTON / GREENSBORO Stoneware Crock with Brushed Vine and Line Decoration

July 20, 2013 Stoneware Auction

Lot #: 428

Price Realized: $1,380.00

($1,200 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.

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Rare Three-Gallon Cobalt-Decorated Stoneware Crock, Stamped "HAMILTON / Greensboro / PA," William Leet Hamilton, circa 1860, straight-sided crock with lug handles and circumferential incised lines, decorated with a freehand twisting vine design, thick straight and wavy stripes of cobalt at the midsection, and a script cobalt "3" flanked by stripes at base. Reverse impressed with Hamilton maker's mark. Excellent color and decoration on a jar with a difficult-to-find, early Greensboro maker's mark. 4" line on underside, continuing 6" up side of jar under one handle. Chip to molding below rim. H 11 1/4".




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