Lot #: 482
Price Realized: $690.00
($600 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.
One-and-a-Half-Gallon Stoneware Crock with Stenciled Cobalt Grapes Decoration, Stamped "BROWN BROTHER , / HUNTINGTON, / L.I.", circa 1870-1885, cylindrical crock with tooled shoulder, semi-rounded rim, and applied lug handles, decorated with a crisply-stenciled design of a cluster of grapes hanging from a vine. Cobalt highlights to maker's mark and capacity mark. Exceptional color to clay and cobalt. Excellent condition with a minor in-the-firing contact mark near base on reverse and some traces of water glass staining to right side of crock.
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