Lot #: 411
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.
Two-Gallon Cobalt-Decorated Stoneware Cake Crock with Lid, Baltimore, MD origin, circa 1875, cylindrical crock with tooled shoulder and applied tab handles, decorated with a two-stemmed clover plant design on the front and back. Lid features cobalt daubs around the edge and petal-shaped brushwork around the knob, incised "2" on underside. Heavy chipping to rim. Crack from rim, extending across underside. 2 1/4" flake to interior of rim. Lid with two chips to flange on underside, and a small glazed-over chip to edge on underside.
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