Lot #: 133
Price Realized: $383.50
($325 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.
One-Gallon Cobalt-Decorated Stoneware Butter Crock with Lid, Stamped "P. HERRMANN", Baltimore, MD origin, circa 1875, cylindrical crock with squared rim and applied tab handles, decorated on the front and reverse with three groups of cobalt swags. Fitting lid, believed to be original to the crock, is decorated with clover designs around border. Crock with a top-to-bottom hairline from rim and a few small chips to interior of rim. A 1 3/8" chip to underside at edge and other minor chips to underside of lid.
Click images to enlarge.
A Few of the Related Items We've Sold
Outstanding and Exceptionally Rare Stoneware Heart-Shaped Inkstand
"Smith / Airville / Va" American Crock
Very Rare Henry Remmey, Baltimore Stoneware Pitcher w/ Incised Bird Design
Very Rare and Important Henry Remmey, Baltimore, Incised Bird Pitcher
Exceptional 7 Gal. Baltimore Stoneware Water Cooler w/ Exuberant Decoration
Henry Remmey, Baltimore Stoneware Incised Birds Pitcher
Six-Gallon Baltimore Stoneware Crock w/ Profuse Cobalt Decoration
