Lot #: 429
Price Realized: $172.50
($150 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.
Half-Gallon Stoneware Butter Crock with Cobalt Stripe Decoration, Western PA origin, circa 1875, short cylindrical crock with rounded rim, decorated with three straight and wavy stripes of cobalt slip. Good size, form, and decoration. Excellent, essentially as-made condition. Small, in-the-firing dent to right side of front. Some yellowish paint on underside, not related to any restoration.
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