Lot #: 363
Price Realized: $115.00
($100 hammer, plus 15% buyer's premium)
PLEASE NOTE: This result is 13 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 Stoneware Crock with Cobalt Bird Decoration, Stamped "WHITES.UTICA," New York State origin, circa 1865, cylindrical crock with semi-rounded rim and applied lug handles, decorated with a large slip-trailed cobalt bird with fan-shaped tail, depicted in a "running" stance atop a stylized branch. Provenance: Lynn White Collection, Readfield, ME. Numerous small chips on interior of rim. Heavy chipping to one handle. Chip and line in opposite handle. Wide crack extending from rim on reverse, becoming thinner and extending onto underside, with related chip on underside. Some hairlines and faint lines in surface. Spots of fry to cobalt. H 10 3/8".
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