Lot #: 492
Price Realized: $1,320.00
($1,100 hammer, plus 20% buyer's premium)
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Scarce Three-Gallon Stoneware Cake Crock with Elaborate Cobalt Floral Decoration, Stamped "D.P. SHENFELDER / READING. PA.," circa 1870, wide, cylindrical crock with applied lug handles and tooled shoulder and rim, brush-decorated with a undulating vine bearing three flower blossoms and graduated leaves. Cobalt highlights to handle terminals. Professional restoration to reverse, underside, and area of base on proper left side of crock. A chip to proper right handle. Two small chips to interior of rim. Diam. 11 5/8" ; H 8".
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