Lot #: 263
Price Realized: $258.75
($225 hammer, plus 15% buyer's premium)
PLEASE NOTE: This result is 12 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.
Four-Gallon Stoneware Crock with Cobalt Chicken Pecking Corn Decoration, Stamped "RIEDINGER & CAIRE / POUGHKEEPSIE," NY State origin, circa 1860, cylindrical crock with tooled shoulder, semi-rounded rim, and applied lug handles, decorated with a large slip-trailed design of a chicken pecking kernels of corn from a heavily-detailed lawn flanked by shrubs. Exfoliation to surface. 8 1/2" crack on right side of crock's front. Hairline to one handle terminal.
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