Lot #: 487
Price Realized: $143.75
($125 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.
Four Molded Stoneware Butter Crocks, American, late 19th or early 20th century, including three lidded examples with a relief grapes pattern on body and lid, two of which are marked "THE ROBINSON CLAY PRODUCT CO / AKRON, OHIO" on underside; together with a small example with daisy pattern against a basketweave background. Robinson Clay Product butter crocks in excellent condition, with some soiling to middle-sized crock, and a line in each lid. Daisy-pattern butter crock with staining and a 2" hairline from rim.
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