Five-Gallon Stoneware Crock with Cobalt Bird Decoration, Midwestern origin, possibly Red Wing, MN or Akron, OH, fourth quarter 19th century

October 25, 2014 Stoneware Auction

Lot #: 216A

Price Realized: $690.00

($600 hammer, plus 15% buyer's premium)

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Five-Gallon Stoneware Crock with Cobalt Bird Decoration, Midwestern origin, possibly Red Wing, MN or Akron, OH, fourth quarter 19th century, cylindrical crock with tooled shoulder, semi-rounded rim, and applied lug handles, decorated with a slip-trailed design of a large bird with highlighted body, perched on a branch with leafy. Stylized slip-trailed "5" above. Significant in-the-firing fry to cobalt. Small glazed-over chip to one handle. 8 1/2" crack from rim on right side of crock's front. Two small rim chips.