Lot #: 246
Price Realized: $172.50
($150 hammer, plus 15% buyer's premium)
PLEASE NOTE: This result is 12 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 Massachusetts Stoneware Crocks, 19th century, one with unusual wax sealer rim and cobalt floral decoration, stamped "HASTINGS & BELDING / ASHFIELD MASS"; the other with stylized foliate design, marked "H. WHALE / BOSTON". Ashfield crock with losses to inner rim and chips to exterior of rim. Boston crock with staining and three hairlines from rim.
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