Lot #: 430
Price Realized: $258.75
($225 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.
Rare Two-Gallon Richmond, OH Stoneware Advertising Crock, Beaver, PA origin, circa 1875, cylindrical crock with tooled shoulder and rounded rim, decorated with a brushed cobalt foliate design above the large impressed advertising "McCAREL & BURNS / RICHMOND, O.". Color and decoration indicate this crock was produced in Beaver, PA for the firm of "McCAREL & BURNS". Drips of water glass staining to surface. Faint 2 1/2" vertical line from rim on interior, not visible on exterior. A small chip on edge of underside and a very shallow, minor chip to exterior of rim.
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