Lot #: 446
Price Realized: $747.50
($650 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.
Fine Six-Gallon Stoneware Crock with Cobalt Floral Decoration, Stamped "JOHN BURGER / ROCHESTER", New York State origin, circa 1860, cylindrical crock with semi-squared rim and applied lug handles, decorated with a large and artistic slip-trailed design of a flowering plant bearing two different blossoms. Excellent shaded and cross-hatched details to decoration. Slip-trailed "6." above. Cobalt highlights to maker's mark. Excellent overall condition. Some faint spider lines in surface of underside, not visible on interior. Two small in-the-firing contact marks to right side of crock near base. Some light water glass staining to surface and additional water glass staining to interior. A minor in-the-firing base chip on reverse. H 14 1/2".
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