Lot #: 379
Price Realized: $316.25
($275 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.
Scarce One-Gallon Stoneware Crock with Cobalt Decoration of a Drinking Man, attributed to William Macquoid, New York, New York, circa 1870, cylindrical crock with tooled shoulder, applied lug handles, and semi-squared rim, decorated with a brushed cobalt design of a long-nosed man wearing a hat and raising a glass. Restoration to an inverted Y-shaped crack, part of which extends through the decoration. Significant restoration to base. Significant restoration to restored rim chips. Restoration to chipping along one handle. Shallow chip to underside at edge. Minor 2" Y-shaped surface line on right side of crock.
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