Lot #: 399
Price Realized: $531.00
($450 hammer, plus 18% buyer's premium)
PLEASE NOTE: This result is 6 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-Gallon Cobalt-Decorated Stoneware Cake Crock,, attributed to Richard C. Remmey, Philadelphia, PA, circa 1885, cylindrical crock with tooled shoulder, applied lug handles, and semi-rounded rim, decorated on the front and reverse with a long vine motif. Handles surrounded in cobalt highlights. Provenance: A fresh-to-the-market example, from a forty-year Maryland collection. Excellent, essentially as-made condition with some mottling to surface and some traces of water glass on interior.
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