Lot #: 305
Price Realized: $1,092.50
($950 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.
Rare Hannibal, Ohio Two-Gallon Stoneware Advertising Cake Crock, Western PA origin, circa 1875, cylindrical crock with semi-rounded rim and applied lug handles, featuring the stenciled advertising "H. NEUENSCHWANDER. / DRY GOODS / HANNIBAL OHIO.". Finely-stenciled foliate designs incorporated into stenciled inscription. Freehand stripes above and below. Stenciled "2" with flourishes at base. A crisply-stenciled example, featuring rare Ohio advertising on an unusual form. Provenance: A fresh-to-the-market example from a forty-year Southern U.S. collection. Excellent condition with two small handle chips, one of which is glazed-over, two minuscule nicks to rim molding, and a small salt drip at base.
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