Lot #: 281
Price Realized: $345.00
($300 hammer, plus 15% buyer's premium)
PLEASE NOTE: This result is 10 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.
Two Stoneware Crocks with Cobalt Bird Decoration, Stamped "E. & L.P. NORTON / BENNINGTON, VT.," circa 1870, five-gallon and six-gallon cylindrical crocks, both decorated with a slip-trailed design of a bird perched on a leaf. Five-gallon example with large area of restoration to reverse, some restoration to underside, restoration to reverse half of one handle, a minor in-the-firing nick to opposite handle, and a chip on interior of rim. Six-gallon example with fry cobalt, painted touch-up to base of tail and leaf, flaking around base area, and a some minor rim chips.
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