Lot #: 377
Price Realized: $431.25
($375 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.
Unusual Five-Gallon Stoneware Crock with Cobalt Bird Decoration, Stamped "HUBBELL & CHESEBRO, / GEDDES, N.Y.", circa 1870, cylindrical crock with tooled shoulder, semi-rounded rim, and applied lug handles, decorated with a brushed and slip-trailed design of a large bird facing a flowering plant. Good detail to bird, including a crest, brushed solid-cobalt wing, and stripe and spots to body. Slip-trailed "5" to shoulder. Cobalt highlight to maker's mark. Restored top-to-bottom crack to left of bird. A restored 6 1/2" diagonal crack from rim on reverse.
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