Lot #: 455
Price Realized: $590.00
($500 hammer, plus 18% buyer's premium)
PLEASE NOTE: This result is 7 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.
Five-Gallon Stoneware Crock with Cobalt Bird-on-Stump Decoration, Stamped "ADAM CAIRE / PO'KEEPSIE, NY", circa 1880, cylindrical crock with tooled shoulder, semi-rounded rim, and applied lug handles, decorated with a large slip-trailed design of a long-tailed bird perched on a stump flanked by ground cover. Excellent, essentially as-made condition with a bowed area to shoulder on reverse.
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