Lot #: 47
Price Realized: $143.75
($125 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-Gallon Stoneware Cake Crock with Cobalt Floral Decoration, Baltimore, MD origin, circa 1860, with tooled shoulder, semi-squared rim, and applied lug handles, decorated on the front and reverse with boldly-brushed clovers extending from leafy stems. Loss to one handle. 1 1/4" chip to edge of opposite handle. Glued cracks on underside, one of which continues up body of crock to rim. Two shallow chips on interior of rim, measuring 1 1/4" and 1". A few other minor rim chips.
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