Lot #: 404
Price Realized: $660.00
($550 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 Stoneware Crocks with Cobalt Bird Decoration, Ballardvale, MA origin, circa 1885, all of cylindrical form, measuring six quarts, two gallons, and three gallons, each with slip-trailed bird-on-branch motif. Six-quart crock with small chips to interior of rim, a small in-the-firing ping to interior shoulder, a base chip, a small chip and tiny nick to one handle, and a small chip and minor wear to opposite handle. Two-gallon crock with chips to interior of rim, a shallow chip to exterior of rim, minor surface wear at base on reverse, a 7/8" surface chip filled with plaster at base on reverse, and a minor chip to one handle. Three-gallon crock with two chips to one handle, a 4" inverted Y-shaped line descending from rim through same handle, a 4 1/8" inverted Y-shaped line descending from rim through opposite handle, a minor base chip on reverse, a chip to interior of rim, and a small in-the-firing iron ping to rim on reverse. H (of shortest) 8 3/8".
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