Lot #: 519
Price Realized: $632.50
($550 hammer, plus 15% buyer's premium)
PLEASE NOTE: This result is 9 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 Six-Gallon Cobalt-Decorated Stoneware Cake Crock, Stenciled "WILLIAMS & REPPERT / GREENSBORO / PA," circa 1885, cylindrical crock with semi-rounded rim and applied lug handles, featuring Williams & Reppert maker's stenciling and decorated with freehand stripes, a freehand "6" with flourishes, and cobalt at the handle terminals. A highly unusual form in this size. Y-shaped line at base on reverse, continuing a short distance onto underside. Long in-the-firing separation on interior base, visible as a long faint line on underside. Shallow chipping to edge of both handles, some of which is glazed over on one handle.
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