Lot #: 309
Price Realized: $177.00
($150 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.
Four-Gallon Stoneware Crock with Cobalt Floral Decoration, Ohio origin, circa 1880, cylindrical jar with tooled shoulder, semi-rounded rim, and applied lug handles, decorated with a slip-trailed design of a flowering plant with heavy cobalt accents to blossom and leaf tips. Slip-trailed "4" above, flanked by flourishes. Staining to surface. A minor chip and some light wear to rim. A minor, glazed-over dent in one handle. A 3" vertical hairline at base on reverse, continuing 1 1/2" onto underside. Some minor traces of old white paint to reverse, unrelated to any sort of restoration.
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