Lot #: 559
Price Realized: $230.00
($200 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.
Two Cobalt-Decorated Stoneware Cake Crocks, Mid-Atlantic origin, circa 1870, a one-and-a-half-gallon crock with cobalt tulip decoration on each side, attributed to Richard C. Remmey, Philadelphia, PA; paired with a one-and-a-half-gallon crock with two-stemmed clover plant decoration on each side, Baltimore, MD origin. Remmey crock with a Y-shaped crack on underside, continuing a short distance onto base, a top-to-bottom crack from rim, some shallow chipping to rim, and some water glass staining. Baltimore crock with top-to-bottom crack from rim, an iron ping to one handle, two rim chips, and a small in-the-firing ping to rim.
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