Lot #: 15
Price Realized: $472.00
($400 hammer, plus 18% buyer's premium)
PLEASE NOTE: This result is 5 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 Double Bird Decoration, Stamped "J. & E. NORTON / BENNINGTON, VT", circa 1855, cylindrical crock with tooled shoulder, semi-rounded rim, and applied lug handles, decorated with a slip-trailed design of crossed bird perched in the crook of a tree branch. Cobalt highlights to maker's mark and capacity mark. Excellent decoration and color. A curved line to base area on reverse, continuing approximately 4 3/4" onto underside. A few very minor in-the-firing flaws to surface. A 1 1/16" in-the-firing iron ping to interior shoulder area.
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