Lot #: 215
Price Realized: $420.00
($350 hammer, plus 20% buyer's premium)
PLEASE NOTE: This result is 4 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.
Rare Three-Gallon Stoneware Crock with Cobalt Bird Decoration and Error Stamp, Stamped "N.A. WHITE & CO. BNIGHAMTON. (sic)," NY State origin, circa 1870, cylindrical crock with tooled shoulder, semi-rounded rim, and applied lug handles, decorated with a slip-trailed design of a bird perched on a flowering vine. Cobalt highlights to maker's mark and capacity mark. This crock bears a rare error in the maker's stamp, in which the "B" and "N" in "BINGHAMTON" are transposed. A 1 1/8" in-the-making base flake on reverse. An approximately 6 1/2" thin crack from rim on front. A faint 4" hairline from rim on left side of crock's front. A 2" in-the-firing surface line from rim, visible on interior only. A minor chip to interior of rim. Some fry to cobalt.
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