Lot #: 211
Price Realized: $316.25
($275 hammer, plus 15% buyer's premium)
PLEASE NOTE: This result is 8 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 Floral Decoration, attributed to Richard C. Remmey, Philadelphia, PA, circa 1875, cylindrical crock with tooled shoulder and ribbed lug handles, decorated on the front and reverse with two large tulips below a wavy cobalt stripe. Cobalt highlights to handle terminals and wavy stripe of cobalt below each handle. Unusual Roman numeral "IV" for four gallons below one handle. A very faint X-shaped line on underside. Minor wear to one handle. A few small chips to interior and exterior of rim. A 1 1/4" inverted U-shaped surface crack on interior of rim.
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