Lot #: 341
Price Realized: $287.50
($250 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.
Unusual Two-Gallon Stoneware Crock with Cobalt Face Decoration, Midwestern origin, probably Ohio, circa 1880, cylindrical crock with tooled shoulder and semi-rounded rim, decorated with a folky slip-trailed profile of a man's face below a script number 2. A sealed 6 1/2" crack on left side of crock, which continues downward, forming a large X across underside. Some light staining.
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