Lot #: 10
Price Realized: $270.00
($225 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.
Five-Gallon Stoneware Crock with Cobalt Floral Decoration, Stamped "E & L P NORTON / BENNINGTON VT:," circa 1870, cylindrical crock with tooled shoulder, semi-rounded rim, and applied lug handles, decorated with a slip-trailed design of a leafy stem bearing fan-shaped blossoms and dotted trails. Cobalt highlights to maker's mark and capacity mark. A faint 5 3/4" Y-shaped line under one handle. A glazed-over, in-the-firing iron ping below same handle. Small chips to interior of rim. A shallow 1" chip to exterior of rim on front. A tiny in-the-firing iron ping near base on right side. Light staining. Minor exfoliation at base on reverse. H 12 1/2".
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