Lot #: 45
Price Realized: $373.75
($325 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.
Half-Gallon Stoneware Butter Crock with Cobalt Floral Decoration, attributed to D.P. Shenfelder, Reading, PA, circa 1870, cylindrical crock with tooled shoulder and rim molding, decorated with an undulating vine culminating in a tulip blossom. Very nice condition with an in-the-firing chip to rim on reverse, a tiny nick to rim molding on reverse, and a faint surface line on underside, not visible on interior and probably in-the-firing.
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