Lot #: 266
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.
Three-Gallon Cobalt-Decorated Stoneware Crock with Wheeling, WV Advertising, Western PA origin, circa 1875, cylindrical crock with tooled shoulder, semi-rounded rim, and applied lug handles, featuring the stenciled advertising, "H.F. BEHRENS. / GROCER, / 2217 & 2219 / MARKET STREET / WHEELING. W . VA. / SOUTH BRANCH 3601 / JACOB ST." Freehand straight and wavy stripe decoration to shoulder and base. Stenciled "3" with flourishes at base. Cobalt highlights to handle terminals. A 1 1/4" glazed-over ping to side of jar. A shallow glazed-over chip to one handle and some minor wear to same handle. Two in-the-firing surface chips near base on reverse.
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