Lot #: 496
Price Realized: $86.25
($75 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.
Four-Gallon Stoneware Crock with Cobalt Fantailed Bird Decoration, Stamped "WHITES UTICA," New York State origin, circa 1870, cylindrical crock with semi-rounded rim and applied lug handles, decorated with a slip-trailed design of a bird with turned head and fan-shaped tail atop a stylized branch. 2 1/2" crack from rim on left side of crock. 3 3/4" vertical surface line on reverse. An additional 3 3/4" Y-shaped surface line on reverse. 5" tight Y-shaped line on front. Several rim chips, some of which are filled and colored. A filled and colored surface chip to upper left of crock's front. Small shallow chip and minor nick to left handle. Small chip and thin line in right handle.
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