Lot #: 247
Price Realized: $324.50
($275 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.
Four-Gallon Stoneware Crock with Cobalt Bird-on-Stump Decoration, Stamped "RIEDINGER & CAIRE / POKEEPSIE NY", circa 1875, cylindrical crock with tooled shoulder, applied lug handles, decorated with a slip-trailed design of a crested bird with long tail, perched on stump flanked by shrubs and grasses. A 5 1/2" crack from rim on far left side of crock's front. Several small rim chips. Two discolored in-the-firing contact marks at base of decoration.
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