Lot #: 245
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.
Rare Five-Gallon Stoneware Crock with Cobalt Standing Deer Decoration, Stamped "HUBBELL & CHESEBRO / GEDDES, N.Y.," circa 1875, cylindrical crock with toled shoulder, semi-rounded rim, and applied lug handles, decorated with a large slip-trailed design of a deer with heavily-spotted body, standing on a stylized ground with shrubs. Cobalt highlights to maker's mark and capacity mark. An excellent figural design with unusually-elaborate detail to body. Top-to-bottom crack to left of deer. 2" iron ping at base with 2 3/4" hairline extending from it. Minor iron ping at base of decoration. 7 1/2" crack from rim on reverse. Shallow chip on top of rim. Some light staining.
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