Lot #: 227
Price Realized: $442.50
($375 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 Cobalt-Decorated Stoneware Butter Crock with Lid, Baltimore, MD origin, circa 1875, cylindrical crock with squared rim and applied tab handles, decorated on the front and reverse with a brushed flower emanating from a leafy stem. Cobalt highlights to handle terminals. Includes a loosely-fitting Baltimore stoneware lid with daubed cobalt decoration, impressed "3" on underside, designed for a three-gallon crock. Crock with a small chip to each handle and a tiny chip to interior of rim. Lid with a 1 3/4" chip to flange on underside, other smaller chips to flange, and two short lines to flange.
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