Lot #: 462
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.
Three-Gallon Quincy, MA Stoneware Advertising Crock with Cobalt Bird Decoration, NY State origin, circa 1875, cylindrical crock with tooled shoulder, semi-rounded rim, and applied lug handles, decorated with a slip-trailed design of a bird with ringed neck, perched on a stylized branch. Shoulder impressed with the cobalt-highlighted advertising, "E.E. HALL & CO. / QUINCY, MASS.". A minor in-the-firing chip to left handle. Two minor rim nicks and a minor, in-the-firing iron ping to rim. A 3/4" rim chip on reverse, probably in-the-firing. In-the-firing iron and lime pings to interior.
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