Lot #: 187
Price Realized: $324.50
($275 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 Stoneware Crock with Cobalt Bird Decoration and New York City Advertising, New York City or New York State origin, circa 1880, cylindrical crock with tooled shoulder, semi-rounded rim, and applied lug handles, decorated with a slip-trailed design of a fan-tailed bird perched on a stylized branch. Impressed above with the cobalt-highlighted advertising, "CALLANAN & KEMP / NO 41 VESEY ST / NEW YORK", A 4" crack on underside, continuing 4 1/2" up reverse. A faint network of surface lines under one handle. Two minor in-the-firing iron pings, one on to top of rim and the other on interior shoulder.
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