Lot #: 438
Price Realized: $1,092.50
($950 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.
Fine Six-Gallon Stoneware Crock with Cobalt Flying Bird Decoration, Stamped "SEYMOUR & BOSWORTH / HARTFORD CONN", circa 1875, large-sized, cylindrical jar with tooled shoulder, semi-rounded rim, and applied lug handles, decorated with a slip-trailed design of a flying bird with well-detailed body in unusual diving stance. Cobalt highlights to maker's mark and capacity mark. Provenance: David Musser Collection. Area of exfoliation to reverse. Light exfoliation to front and some small spots of exfoliation to right side of crock. Exfoliation to underside. A rim chip on reverse. H 13 1/8".
Click images to enlarge.
A Few of the Related Items We've Sold
Exceptional D. GOODALE / HARTFORD Monumental Stoneware Jug w/ Incised Federal Eagle
Rare S.B. BOSWORTH / HARTFORD, CT Two-Gallon Stoneware Jug w/ Cobalt Anchor Decoration
Exceptional Redware Jar w/ Copper Slip Decoration, att. Nathaniel Seymour, West Hartford, CT
P. CROSS / HARTFORD Stoneware Jug with Incised Ship Decoration
Very Rare D. GOODALE / HARTFORD Stoneware Crock with Finely-Incised Federal Eagle Decoration
Hartford, CT Stoneware Pitcher with Incised Floral Decoration
Rare S. B. BOSWORTH / HARTFORD, CONN. Stoneware Churn w/ Shorebird Decoration
Fine P. CROSS / HARTFORD, CT 2 Gal. Stoneware Jug w/ Incised Decoration
