Lot #: 280
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 Chicken Decoration, Stamped "J. NORTON & CO. / BENNINGTON VT.", circa 1860, cylindrical crock with tooled shoulder, semi-rounded rim, and applied lug handles, decorated with a slip-trailed design of a pecking chicken on a stylized ground. A 3 1/2" crack from rim on left side of crock's front. A sealed spider crack on underside, continuing as a single crack up left side of crock, stopping directly below handle. An in-the-firing iron ping to shoulder. Long network of tight lines at base on reverse, not visible on interior. Shallow chipping to interior of rim. A few small chips to exterior of rim. Exfoliation to Albany slip on interior base.
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