Lot #: 426
Price Realized: $345.00
($300 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.
One-Gallon Stoneware Butter Crock with Cobalt Stripe Decoration, Western PA origin, third quarter 19th century, cylindrical crock with tooled banding and thin, semi-rounded rim, the front decorated with three bold wavy stripes of cobalt slip. Good form and decoration. A minor chip and tiny nick on interior of rim. Some in-the-firing graininess to cobalt.
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