Lot #: 287
Price Realized: $345.00
($300 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.
Extremely Rare Five-Gallon Stoneware Presentation Crock, Stamped "BROWN BROTHER , / HUNTINGTON, / L.I.", circa 1870-1885, cylindrical crock with tooled shoulder, semi-rounded rim, and applied lug handles, decorated with the brushed cobalt inscription "OSCAR MILLS / PATCHOGUE / LI", surrounded by brushed flowers in the Brown Brothers style. Oscar W. Mills, the owner of this crock, was born in Smithtown, Suffolk County, NY in 1835 and died in Patchogue, NY in 1905. Few inscribed pieces produced at the Brown Brothers Pottery are known. Provenance: Donald Matties Collection. Crock broken into pieces and restored, with limited touch-up to cobalt.
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