Lot #: 329
Price Realized: $258.75
($225 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.
Five-Gallon Stoneware Crock with Cobalt Bird Decoration, Stamped "A.O. WHITTEMORE / HAVAN. N.Y," circa 1865, cylindrical crock with tooled shoulder, semi-rounded rim, and applied lug handles, decorated with a slip-trailed design of a crested bird with turned head and spotted body, perched on scrolled vine. Spots of fry to cobalt. Small in-the-firing stone ping to bird's wing. Large Y-shaped crack on side of crock, continuing onto underside. Two vertical hairlines on front base, measuring approximately 2 1/2" each.
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