Lot #: 227
Price Realized: $546.25
($475 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.
Very Rare Three-Gallon Stoneware Crock with Stenciled Cobalt Rose Decoration, Stenciled "GEO. J. BLACK / MEYERSDALE / PA," circa 1880, cylindrical crock with tooled shoulder, flattened rim, and applied lug handles, decorated with a stenciled rose with branch, stenciled "3" surrounded by a wreath, and the maker's stenciling "GEO. J. BLACK / MEYERSDALE / PA," applied over slip-coated clay. The "GEO. J. BLACK" stenciled on this crock is the same George Black who operated a pottery with his brother, Albert, in Somerfield, PA, circa 1860 to 1872 (Schaltenbrand, p. 106). Mint condition. H 11 1/4".
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