Lot #: 616
Price Realized: $206.50
($175 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.
Two Pieces of Western PA Cobalt-Decorated Stoneware, circa 1875, a butter crock, decorated with two stripes; paired with a rare salt-glazed food mold with Albany-slip-glazed interior. Butter crock with a smooth rim chip, probably in-the-firing, and numerous small chips to molding at base of rim. Mold in excellent, essentially as-made condition. H (of mold to central tube) 5" ; Diameter (of mold) 11 1/2".
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