Lot #: 295
Price Realized: $287.50
($250 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 Pieces of Cobalt-Decorated Stoneware, fourth quarter 19th century, a three-gallon Midwestern crock with slip-trailed "3" and "bee stinger" decoration, paired with a three-gallon jug, stenciled "E.S. & B. / NEW BRIGHTON, PA". Crock with 2 3/4" x 1 3/8" chip to underside at bottom edge of crock, a small salt drip to rim, chips to interior of rim, a 1" chip to end of one handle, and a faint 4" line to reverse. Jug in excellent, essentially as-made condition with a black marker notation on underside.
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