Lot #: 132
Price Realized: $270.00
($225 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.
Two-Gallon Stoneware Crock with Cobalt Bird Decoration, New England origin, third quarter 19th century, cylindrical crock with tooled shoulder, squared rim, and applied lug handles, decorated with a slip-trailed design of a spotted bird perched on a flowering stem. Cobalt highlight to capacity mark. Numerous rim chips. A 1 3/4" hairline from rim above one handle. A 6" hairline from rim on opposite side of crock. A small in-the-firing iron ping to base on reverse. A minor line to base. Some dryness to cobalt.
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