Lot #: 324
Price Realized: $270.00
($225 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, Northeastern U.S. origin, probably NJ, circa 1880, cylindrical crock with semi-rounded rim and applied lug handles, decorated with a slip-trailed design of a crested bird perched on a split stem with leaves. Slip-trailed "2" to shoulder. A 3/4" flake to interior of rim. Some in-the-firing mottling to clay on right side of crock. Faint marker inscription, "#95," on reverse. H 9 1/4".
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