Lot #: 233
Price Realized: $373.75
($325 hammer, plus 15% buyer's premium)
PLEASE NOTE: This result is 10 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.
Five-Gallon Stoneware Crock with Cobalt Chicken Pecking Corn Decoration, Stamped "ADAM CAIRE / PO'KEEPSIE N Y", circa 1885, cylindrical crock with tooled shoulder, semi-rounded rim, and applied lug handles, decorated with a slip-trailed design of a chicken pecking kernels of corn with a stylized hill, accented with numerous dashes and flanked by shrubs. Provenance: David Musser Collection. An in-the-firing iron ping near base. An approximately 5 3/4" in-the-firing line from rim on front, barely visible on exterior. A vertical surface line to shoulder area on front, measuring 3 3/4", not visible on interior. A 3/4" salt drip to rim on reverse. A small chip on interior of rim.
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