Lot #: 284
Price Realized: $660.00
($550 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.
Three-Gallon Stoneware Crock with Cobalt Bird-on-Stump Decoration, Albany, NY origin, probably R. O'Connell Pottery, circa 1860, cylindrical crock with squared spout and applied handle, decorated with a large slip-trailed design of a bird with turned head and heavily-detailed body, perched on a spotted stump atop a stylized ground. Slip-trailed "3" above. Pieces bearing this distinctive bird motif were made in Albany, NY circa 1860, and are occasionally found bearing an "ALBANY, NY" maker's mark. Some fry and painted touch-up to cobalt. A 1 1/4" flake to reverse end of right handle. A small, in-the-making dent to left handle, which is glazed over. A few spots of staining. Some thin, in-the-firing surface fissures to underside, not visible on interior.
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