Lot #: 249
Price Realized: $560.50
($475 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 Rondout, NY Stoneware Advertising Crock with Cobalt Chicken-Pecking-Corn Decoration, New York State origin, circa 1875, cylindrical crock with tooled shoulder, semi-rounded rim, and applied lug handles, decorated with a large slip-trailed design of a chicken pecking kernels of corn from a stylized ground. Light cobalt highlights to advertising and capacity mark. Provenance: A fresh-to-the-market example, from a long-term private collection. Water glass staining to surface. Chips on interior of rim. Two small surface chips to interior.
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