Lot #: 180
Price Realized: $1,080.00
($900 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.
Exceptional Six-Gallon Stoneware Crock with Elaborate Cobalt Decoration, Stenciled "BOYERS & HARDEN / PALATINE / W VA," circa 1875, cylindrical crock with semi-rounded rim and applied lug handles, decorated with a dramatic undulating vine design above Boyers & Harden maker's stenciling. Stylized stenciled foliate motifs to midsection. Base with freehand "6" flanked by wavy lines. Freehand stripe to shoulder and base. Among the finest Boyers & Harden pieces that we have ever offered, featuring the pottery's prized vining. Cobalt highlights to handle terminals. Some faint surface lines, not visible on interior. Two minor chips to interior of rim, one of which occurred in the firing. A small chip and minor wear to right handle. Some faint traces of old dark paint. Minor staining. A network of thin cracks to underside, one of which continues 4" up base of crock on its left side. Exfoliation to underside. H 14 1/2".
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