Lot #: 465
Price Realized: $373.75
($325 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.
Unusual Two-Gallon Stoneware Cake Crock, Stenciled "JAS. HAMILTON & CO. / GREENSBORO, PA," circa 1875, cylindrical crock with large, semi-rounded rim and applied lug handles, decorated with the stenciled cobalt signature of James Hamilton accented with stenciled flourishes. Large stenciled "2" to right of signature. Includes a cobalt-decorated stoneware lid, Baltimore origin, circa 1870. Cake crocks are a scarce form in Western PA stoneware. Crock in excellent, essentially as-made condition with some minor nicks and wear on interior of rim. Lid with a very large reglued section, along with a chip and two minor nicks to flange on underside.
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