Lot #: 460
Price Realized: $2,415.00
($2,100 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.
Very Rare Two-Gallon Stoneware Cake Crock with Cobalt Reclining Deer Decoration, Stamped "EDMANDS & CO.", Charlestown, MA origin, circa 1860, cylindrical crock with tooled shoulder, flattened rim, and applied lug handles, decorated with a slip-trailed design of a deer with turned head and heavily-spotted body, reclining between two curved fences with trees at each end. This example is the first Edmands cake crock we have seen featuring the pottery's highly-prized deer motif. One handle professionally restored. A few minor flakes to surface on left side of crock's front. A 7/8" chip to interior of rim and a small chip to exterior of rim. A small in-the-firing iron ping to reverse. A 1 5/8" in-the-firing iron ping to underside at edge. Some exfoliation to underside and interior. H 7 1/4" ; Diameter 11".
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