Lot #: 43
Price Realized: $2,242.00
($1,900 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.
Outstanding Six-Gallon Stoneware Crock with Cobalt Doe and Tree Decoration, Stamped "HUBBELL & CHESEBRO, / GEDDES, N.Y.", circa 1870, cylindrical crock with tooled shoulder, semi-rounded rim, and applied lug handles, decorated with a slip-trailed design of a doe with heavily-spotted and shaded body, standing on a stylized ground in front of a tree. Slip-trailed "6" to shoulder. Desirable figural motif. Provenance: Property of a New York State collector. Very nice overall condition. An in-the-firing stone ping to shoulder. A chip to interior of rim. A minor in-the-firing bottom chip, visible when crock is turned over. A 2 1/4" surface line at base on reverse, not visible on interior and likely in the firing. H 12 3/4".
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