Lot #: 482
Price Realized: $690.00
($600 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.
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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