Lot #: 345
Price Realized: $632.50
($550 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.
Very Rare Three-Gallon Stoneware Crock with Philadelphia, NY Advertising and Cobalt Bird Decoration, Stamped "WHITES UTICA NY," circa 1865, cylindrical crock with lug handles, decorated with a large slip-trailed "running" bird with turned head atop a stylized vine. Reverse featuring the highly unusual stenciled advertising "M.E. ALDRICH / DEALER IN / GENERAL MERCHANDISE / Drugs, Books, Jewelry / HARDWARE, et.et. / PHILADELPHIA, N.Y.". An excellent example of New York State advertising stoneware. Provenance: Ex-George & Helen VanKennen Collection. Chipping to rim. Some stable exfoliation to top of rim. Some stable exfoliation to underside. A few minor chips to one handle. Some spots of fry to cobalt.
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