Lot #: 118
Price Realized: $206.50
($175 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.
Fine Five-Gallon Stoneware Crock with Cobalt Floral Decoration, Stamped "J.M. HICKERSON / STRASBURG, VA", circa 1875, large-sized, cylindrical crock with tooled shoulder, squared rim, and applied lug handles, decorated on the front and reverse with a swag-and-hanging flower motif, the so-called "Indian necklace" design distinctive to Strasburg stoneware. Cobalt highlights to handle terminals. Several cobalt dashes below one handle. Impressed below opposite handle with J.M. Hickerson maker's mark. Crock is slightly misshapen. A 3/4" chip and 1 1/8" flake to interior of rim. A small chip to one handle. A long, tight horizontal line at base. Some staining. H 14 1/2".
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