Lot #: 537
Price Realized: $258.75
($225 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.
Two-Gallon Cobalt-Decorated Stoneware Cake Crock with Lid, Baltimore, MD origin, circa 1870, cylindrical crock with tooled shoulder, squared rim, and applied tab handles, decorated on the front and reverse with a two-stemmed clover motif. Brushed cobalt band over tops of handles and around handle terminals. Includes a fitting swag-decorated lid, Pennsylvania origin. Crock with numerous rim chips, a small handle chip, and a 3 1/2" hairline from rim. Lid with 2" loss to flange on underside, additional minor wear to flange on underside, as well as a large, circular unglazed area on top, caused when an object was stacked on top of it during the firing.
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