Lot #: 243
Price Realized: $402.50
($350 hammer, plus 15% buyer's premium)
PLEASE NOTE: This result is 15 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.
Three-Gallon Cobalt-Decorated Stoneware Cake Crock with Lid, Baltimore, MD origin, circa 1875, with tooled shoulder, squared rim, and applied handles, decorated front and back with a brushed cobalt floral design. Includes lid, which was made in Baltimore, but is not original to the crock, is decorated with daubs of cobalt along the edge. Crock is stamped "3" and lid is stamped "2". Sealed Y-shaped hairline on crock, extending 6" up one side and 2" up opposite side. Significant chipping to one handle. Rim chips. Lid with glazed-over edge chip. H (of crock) 7 1/2" ; Diameter (of crock) 13 1/4".
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