Lot #: 341
Price Realized: $287.50
($250 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.
Unusual Two-Gallon Stoneware Crock with Cobalt Face Decoration, Midwestern origin, probably Ohio, circa 1880, cylindrical crock with tooled shoulder and semi-rounded rim, decorated with a folky slip-trailed profile of a man's face below a script number 2. A sealed 6 1/2" crack on left side of crock, which continues downward, forming a large X across underside. Some light staining.
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