Lot #: 537
Price Realized: $258.75
($225 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.
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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