Lot #: 574
Price Realized: $330.00
($275 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.
Two Pieces of Cobalt-Decorated Stoneware, Somerset Potter's Works, Somerset, MA, circa 1875, a six-quart cylindrical crock with stenciled shaking hands decoration, unmarked; paired with a two-gallon jug with slip-trailed floral decoration, stamped "SOMERSET, / POTTERS WORKS,". Crock in excellent condition with two minor, in-the-firing iron pings and a tiny in-the-firing chip to top of rim. Jug with spout chips and minor fry to cobalt. H (of crock) 8 5/8".
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