Lot #: 248
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.
Three-Gallon Stoneware Crock with Chicken Pecking Corn Decoration, Stamped "NEW YORK / STONEWARE CO. / FORT EDWARD, N.Y.", circa 1875, cylindrical crock with semi-rounded rim and applied lug handles, decorated with a slip-trailed design of a large chicken pecking kernels of corn from a stylized ground. Excellent size to design and strong feather detail to bird. Cobalt highlights to maker's mark and capacity mark. Areas of light staining throughout. Two small rim chips. A faint 3" line from rim on reverse. A tight 5 1/2" Y-shaped line on underside, continuing 1 1/4" up front of crock.
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