Lot #: 438
Price Realized: $1,092.50
($950 hammer, plus 15% buyer's premium)
PLEASE NOTE: This result is 8 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.
Fine Six-Gallon Stoneware Crock with Cobalt Flying Bird Decoration, Stamped "SEYMOUR & BOSWORTH / HARTFORD CONN", circa 1875, large-sized, cylindrical jar with tooled shoulder, semi-rounded rim, and applied lug handles, decorated with a slip-trailed design of a flying bird with well-detailed body in unusual diving stance. Cobalt highlights to maker's mark and capacity mark. Provenance: David Musser Collection. Area of exfoliation to reverse. Light exfoliation to front and some small spots of exfoliation to right side of crock. Exfoliation to underside. A rim chip on reverse. H 13 1/8".
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