O.L. & A.K. BALLARD / BURLINGTON, VT 5 Gal. Stoneware Crock with Very Large Standing Deer Decoration

November 2, 2013 Stoneware Auction

Lot #: 357

Price Realized: $1,150.00

($1,000 hammer, plus 15% buyer's premium)

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Exceptional Five-Gallon Stoneware Crock with Large Cobalt Deer Decoration, Stamped "O.L. & A.K. BALLARD. / BURLINGTON, VT.," circa 1860, cylindrical crock with tooled shoulder, semi-rounded rim, and applied lug handles, profusely-decorated with a very large slip-trailed design of a deer with turned head, large rack, and spotted body, standing atop a hill flanked by a fence and large bush. Foreground elaborately-decorated with shrubs and grasses. A visually-stunning design, executed in dark, thick trails of cobalt slip. 4 1/4" hairline from rim to left of maker's mark. 5" crack from rim to right of deer, near edge of handle. 2 3/4" X-shaped surface line on underside, not visible on interior and possibly in-the-firing. Small shallow flake to edge of handle. Two very minor nicks to opposite handle. Exfoliation to interior base.