Lot #: 95
Price Realized: $143.75
($125 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 Pieces of Salt-Glazed Stoneware, Northeastern U.S. origin, 19th century, a two-gallon cylindrical crock with stylized slip-trailed decoration, stamped "A.K. BALLARD / BURLINGTON, VT", circa 1870; paired with a one-gallon syrup jug with light Albany slip and heavy salt glaze, stamped "E.W. FARRINGTON, / ELMIRA, N.Y.", circa 1890. Ballard crock with chips to one handle, a chip to opposite handle, and a rim chip on reverse with thin 5" crack descending from it. Farrington jug with two sections of handle reglued.
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