Lot #: 138
Price Realized: $180.00
($150 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 Floral Decoration, Stamped "JOHN BURGER / ROCHESTER," NY State origin, circa 1860, cylindrical crock with tooled shoulder, squared rim, and applied lug handles, decorated with a slip-trailed design of a flowering plant with large blossom, stamens, and alternating hollow and solid-cobalt petals. Slip-trailed "3." to shoulder. Cobalt highlights to maker's mark. Some light water glass staining to surface. Significant blurriness to cobalt "3." at shoulder. A diagonal 5" inverted Y-shaped surface line on reverse, not visible on interior.
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