Lot #: 578
Price Realized: $86.25
($75 hammer, plus 15% buyer's premium)
PLEASE NOTE: This result is 9 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 Cobalt-Decorated Stoneware Crocks, American, 19th century, a four-gallon crock with cobalt flowering plant design, stamped "N CLARK JR / ATHENS NY", paired with a three-gallon crock with bee-stinger decoration, Midwestern origin. Clark crock with top-to-bottom crack from rim, a shorter crack from rim, some chips to interior of rim, and staining. Bee-stinger crock with some fry to cobalt, two base chips (one of which is glazed over), an adhered piece of clay to underside, three in-the-firing clay separations at base, and other minor firing flaws.
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