Lot #: 167
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.
Six-Gallon Stoneware Crock with Cobalt Paddletailed Bird Decoration, Stamped "N.A. WHITE & SON / UTICA, N.Y.," circa 1885, cylindrical crock with tooled shoulder, angled rim, and applied lug handles, decorated with a vibrant brushed and slip-trailed design of a paddletailed bird with crest, perched on a flowering vine. 1" base chip and a minor 1/2" base chip, both on right side of crock's front. 1 1/2" glazed-over base chip on reverse. Thin curving crack at base on side of crock, extending onto underside where it forms a 6 1/2" Y. 5" vertical surface line on reverse. Two chips and a minor nick at edge of underside. 1/2" bit of loss to cobalt on bottom right of decoration and other very minor wear to decoration.
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