Lot #: 578
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.
Two Cobalt-Decorated Stoneware Crocks, American, 19th century, a four-gallon crock with cobalt flowering plant design, stamped "N CLARK JR / ATHENS NY", paired with a three-gallon crock with bee-stinger decoration, Midwestern origin. Clark crock with top-to-bottom crack from rim, a shorter crack from rim, some chips to interior of rim, and staining. Bee-stinger crock with some fry to cobalt, two base chips (one of which is glazed over), an adhered piece of clay to underside, three in-the-firing clay separations at base, and other minor firing flaws.
Click images to enlarge.
A Few of the Related Items We've Sold
Exceptional N. CLARK & CO. / ROCHESTER, NY Stoneware Jar w/ Elaborate Deer Scene
Extremely Rare "M. N. / 1815" Stoneware Flowerpot, Nathan Clark, Sr., Athens, NY
Extremely Rare J. CLARK & CO. / TROY, BRISTOLS BEER Stoneware Cooler w/ Applied Eagle
Very Fine N. CLARK & CO. / LYONS Stoneware Jug w/ Man's Profile Decoration
Exceedingly Rare Cornwall, New York Incised Mermaid Stoneware Water Cooler
Outstanding N. CLARK & CO. / LYONS Stoneware Jar w/ Elaborate Incised Flowering Urn Decoration
Very Rare N. CLARK / ATHENS Stoneware Jug Cooler with Incised Bird Decoration
Outstanding American Stoneware Bank, probably Athens, NY origin
