Very Rare 6 Gal. C. W. BRAUN / BUFFALO, NY Stoneware Crock w/ Elaborate House Decoration

Summer 2023 Stoneware Auction

Lot #: 488

Price Realized: $2,880.00

($2,400 hammer, plus 20% buyer's premium)

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Very Rare Six-Gallon Stoneware Crock with Cobalt House Decoration, Stamped "C.W. BRAUN / BUFFALO, N.Y.", circa 1870, large-sized, cylindrical crock with tooled shoulder, rounded rim, and applied lug handles, decorated with a slip-trailed design of a house. Excellent detail throughout including nine windows, circular dormer, shingled roof, a door with pediment, chimney with chimney cap, and lightning rod with ball. Slip-trailed "6" to shoulder. One of the most artistic house designs that we have ever offered and an exceptionally rare decoration for this desirable Buffalo maker. Professional restoration to a tight top-to-bottom spider crack from rim and a second 8" rack from rim. The juncture of these two cracks formed a 4 1/2" x 4 1/2" reglued section, which has since been professionally restored. Additionally, an 8 3/4" professionally-restored crack from rim on reverse. A 1 3/8" in-the-firing iron ping to rim on reverse. Chips to interior of rim. Some staining. H 13 3/8".