Lot #: 452
Price Realized: $206.50
($175 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.
Three Brown Brothers, Huntington, Long Island Stoneware Crock s with Cobalt Decoration, New York State origin, circa 1863-1905, all of cylindrical form with various brushed or slip-trailed floral or foliate motifs; a one-gallon example, stamped "BROWN BROS / HUNTINGTON. L.I"; a one-and-a-half-gallon example, stamped "BROWN BROTHER , / HUNTINGTON, / L.I."; and a one-and-a-half-gallon example, stamped "BROWN BROTHERS, / HUNTINGTON, / L.I.". Provenance: Donald Matties Collection. One-gallon crock with a thin 3" crack from rim, a hairline to underside, rim chips, two iron pings to interior, and some exfoliation to the Albany slip on the interior base. One-and-a-half-gallon crock with slip-trailed design has a large area of restoration to reverse and underside and some light exfoliation to front. Other one-and-a-half-gallon crock with significant restoration, some of which touches the cobalt.
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