Lot #: 216
Price Realized: $575.00
($500 hammer, plus 15% buyer's premium)
PLEASE NOTE: This result is 11 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.
Rare Five-Gallon Stoneware Crock with Cobalt Chicken Pecking Corn Decoration, Stamped "WEST TROY NY / POTTERY," circa 1870, cylindrical crock with semi-rounded rim and applied lug handles, decorated with a large slip-trailed design of a chicken with nicely-detailed wing and body, pecking kernels of corn from a grassy lawn. Excellent decoration and unusual form, wider than most New York State crocks of this capacity. Approximately 9" restored Y-shaped crack on left side of front. 7 3/4" and 4 1/2" restored areas on reverse. A restored rim chip on side of crock. Faint 2 1/2" hairline from rim on reverse. Restored area at base on left side of crock. Two small chips to one handle.
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