Lot #: 285
Price Realized: $1,080.00
($900 hammer, plus 20% buyer's premium)
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Five-Gallon Stoneware Crock with Cobalt Game Bird Decoration, Stamped "J. BURGER JR. / ROCHESTER. N.Y.," circa 1885, cylindrical crock with semi-rounded rim and applied lug handles, decorated with a slip-trailed design of a wide-eyed bird with turned head and heavily-detailed body, perched on the leaf of a flowering plant. Slip-trailed "5" to shoulder. Brushed cobalt highlights to maker's mark. A 1" chip to interior of rim. A long, sealed horizontal crack at base on reverse/side with a thin, sealed vertical crack ascending from it to the shoulder on the reverse. Another thin, sealed crack descends from the horizontal crack, continuing a few inches onto underside. H 12 1/4".
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