Lot #: 495
Price Realized: $354.00
($300 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.
Two Cobalt-Decorated Stoneware Cake Crocks, Baltimore, MD and Parkersburg, WV origin, circa 1875, a one-and-a-half-gallon example, stenciled "Chas. H. Torsch & Co. / Baltimore, Md. / 1 1/2", attributed to A.P. Donaghho, Parkersburg, WV; paired with one-gallon clover-decorated cake crock with associated cobalt-decorated lid, both Baltimore, MD origin. Torsch crock in excellent, essentially as-made condition. Baltimore cake crock in excellent condition with two small chips to interior of rim. Lid with in-the-firing separation lines where knob joins lid and some small chips to flange on underside.
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