Lot #: 102
Price Realized: $780.00
($650 hammer, plus 20% buyer's premium)
PLEASE NOTE: This result is 3 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.
Scarce Two-Gallon Stoneware Crock with Stenciled Cobalt Eagle Motif, Stamped "BROWN BROTHER , / HUNTINGTON, / L.I.," New York State origin, circa 1870-1885, cylindrical crock with tooled shoulder, semi-rounded rim, and applied lug handles, decorated with a stenciled design of a flying Federal eagle with shield across its chest. Light cobalt accents to maker's mark and capacity mark. Relatively few examples of Brown Brothers stoneware with this design are known. Very nice, essentially as-made condition with a few small in-the-firing iron pings to body and a 3/4" iron ping to interior of rim, as well as some water glass staining to interior. H 8 7/8".
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