Lot #: 519
Price Realized: $632.50
($550 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 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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