Lot #: 20
Price Realized: $265.50
($225 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.
One-Gallon Stoneware Butter Crock with Cobalt Floral Decoration, attributed to Henry Harrison Remmey, Philadelphia, PA, circa 1850, cylindrical form with heavy banding to shoulder and applied lug handles, decorated with brushed floral and foliate motifs on the front and reverse. Cobalt highlights to handle terminals along with a curving line of cobalt underneath each handle. Shallow chipping around rim. A thin 2" crack from rim. An in-the-firing stone ping below one handle.
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