Lot #: 99
Price Realized: $570.00
($475 hammer, plus 20% buyer's premium)
PLEASE NOTE: This result is 2 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 Bird Decoration. New England origin, third quarter 19th century, cylindrical crock with tooled shoulder, squared rim, and applied lug handles, decorated with a slip-trailed design of bird with long tail, ringed neck, and heavily-spotted body, perched on a curving vine. Slip-trailed "3" below. Excellent, essentially as-made condition with some light water glass staining to interior. H 9 5/8".
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