Lot #: 464
Price Realized: $413.00
($350 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 Flowering Urn Decoration, Stamped "J. & E. NORTON / BENNINGTON VT", circa 1855, cylindrical crock with tooled shoulder, semi-rounded rim, and applied lug handles, decorated with a large slip-trailed design of an open-handled urn with pedestal base, brimming with large flowers and leaves. Cobalt highlights to maker's mark and capacity mark. Some restoration around base, including some touch-up to cobalt ground below urn. Two small surface chips to urn. Some later varnish over urn. Some restoration to small, scattered surface flakes to left of decoration. Some very light exfoliation to surface to right of decoration and on reverse. Exfoliation to underside.
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