Lot #: 156
Price Realized: $420.00
($350 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.
Two-Gallon Stoneware Crock with Cobalt Bird Decoration, Stamped "WHITES UTICA NY," circa 1865, cylindrical crock with tooled shoulder, semi-rounded rim, and applied lug handles, decorated with a slip-trailed design of a crested bird, perched on a leafy branch. Cobalt highlights to maker's mark and capacity mark. Bubbling to cobalt on tail of bird. Spots of staining to surface. Shallow chips to right handle. A small rim chip on reverse and other minor rim chips. A 3/8" flake to shoulder. H 9 7/8".
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