Lot #: 164
Price Realized: $488.75
($425 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.
Four-Gallon Stoneware Crock with Cobalt Bird and Floral Decoration, Stamped "POTTERY WORKS / LITTLE WST 12TH ST", William Macquoid, New York, New York, circa 1870, cylindrical crock with tooled shoulder, semi-squared rim, and applied lug handles, decorated with a brushed design of a bird with turned head and striped body, perched on a flowering vine. Freehand cobalt "4" at shoulder. Some fry to cobalt. A 3/4" iron ping to front and a smaller iron ping to base. Four small chips to interior of rim. Some faint surface lines on right side of crock, not visible on interior.
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