Lot #: 495
Price Realized: $460.00
($400 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-on-Stump Decoration, Stamped "RIEDINGER & CAIRE / POUGHKEEPSIE-NY", circa 1870, cylindrical crock with tooled shoulder, semi-rounded rim, and applied lug handles, decorated with a slip-trailed design of a long-tailed bird perched on a stump flanked by shrubs and grasses. Strong decoration with excellent color. Provenance: David Musser Collection. Some scratches to cobalt. A minor flake to left handle. A salt drip to right handle. Some light wear to front. Two in-the-firing burns at bottom edge on front. A chip and minor nick on interior of rim. A small chip to exterior of rim. Water glass residue to interior.
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