Lot #: 121
Price Realized: $431.25
($375 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.
Three-Gallon Stoneware Crock with Cobalt Bird Decoration, Stamped "WHITE'S UTICA", New York State origin, circa 1865, cylindrical crock with semi-rounded rim and applied lug handles, decorated with a large slip-trailed design of a fan-tailed bird "running" atop a stylized branch. Cobalt highlights to maker's mark and capacity mark. Chips to one handle and interior of rim. Shallow, in-the-firing chipping to bottom edge. Some minor flaking to underside.
Click images to enlarge.
A Few of the Related Items We've Sold
Very Rare Large Ovoid Stoneware Jar w/ Incised Owl and Birds Decoration, New York State, circa 1835
Very Fine WHITES UTICA 2 Gal. Stoneware Jar w/ Slip-Trailed Deer Decoration
Exceptional WHITE & WOOD / BINGHAMTON, NY 8 Gal. Stoneware Churn w/ Extensive Decoration
Rare 2 Gal. N. A. WHITE & SON / UTICA, NY Stoneware Crock with Great Blue Heron Decoration
Rare World's Fair Stoneware Train Bank w/ New York Advertising, White's Pottery, Utica, NY, 1893
T.F. FIELD / UTICA Stoneware Jug with Incised Woodpecker Decoration
Exceptional Utica, NY 1/4 Gal. Incised Stoneware Jug Marked "S. P. D.," c1827-32
Exceptional WHITES UTICA Stoneware Jar with Elaborate Rooster Decoration
