Lot #: 163
Price Realized: $1,150.00
($1,000 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 Four-Gallon Stoneware Crock with Elaborate Cobalt Deer Decoration, Stamped "WHITES UTICA," New York State origin, circa 1860, cylindrical crock with tooled shoulder, semi-rounded rim, and applied lug handles, decorated with a large slip-trailed design of a deer with turned head and spotted body, standing between a pine tree and tree stump. Heavy stylized ground cover below. This design's striking similarity to decorations found on J. & E. Norton stoneware of Bennington, VT, indicate it was likely created by the well-known German-born stoneware decorator, John Hilfinger (1826-1888). Significant restoration to exfoliation around body of jar. Most of the cobalt decoration has been left untouched. Painted touch-up to the cobalt is visible at the antlers, tip of stump, sections of the deer's front legs, and some of the shrub tips and ground. Both handles restored.
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