Lot #: 45
Price Realized: $442.50
($375 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 with Lid, Stamped "P. HERRMANN", Baltimore, MD, circa 1875, cylindrical crock with squared rim and applied tab handles, decorated on the front and reverse with two brushed floral motifs. Cobalt highlights to handle terminals. Impressed with Peter Herrmann two-gallon capacity mark under one handle. Included with a swag-decorated lid of Maryland or Pennsylvania origin. Crock with a top-to-bottom in-the-firing crack from rim, not visible on exterior, thin cracks extending partway up body of crock from underside, and a few rim chips. Lid in excellent, essentially as-made condition.
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