Lot #: 363
Price Realized: $1,610.00
($1,400 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 Four-Gallon Stoneware Crock with Cobalt Dog-and-Basket Decoration, Stamped "LAMSON & SWASEY / PORTLAND, ME," circa 1880, cylindrical crock with tooled shoulder, semi-rounded rim, and applied lug handles, decorated with a folky slip-trailed design of a standing dog with heavily-striped body, holding a basket in its mouth. Wonderful, human-like face to dog. Heavily-shaded ground below. Cobalt highlights to maker's mark and capacity mark. The words "PORTLAND ME" are inverted. Excellent figural decoration. One of the finer examples of post-1850 Maine stoneware to come on the market in recent years. Thin professionally-colored hairline extending from rim to left of dog. Large, approximately 9 1/2" x 3 1/2" reglued section at rim on reverse. A small chip on interior of rim. Some fairly minor spots of fry to cobalt at base of decoration.
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