Lot #: 386
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.
Monumental Four-Gallon Stoneware Cake Crock with Elaborate Cobalt Floral Decoration, Baltimore, MD origin circa 1835, large-sized, cylindrical crock with tooled shoulder, squared rim, and applied tab handles, decorated on the front and reverse with a swag and tulip motif extending from handle to handle. Cobalt highlights to handle terminals and a brush stroke of cobalt underneath each handle. Impressed "4" under one handle. This cake crock is the largest example produced in Baltimore that we are aware of. Crock is out-of-round with an in-the-firing separation crack visible on the interior only. Several surface lines extending upward from base area, not visible on interior. A 2 1/2" vertical hairline at base, continuing 1 1/2" onto underside. A 1 1/2" in-the-firing flake to underside at edge. Other small, in-the-firing base chips. A small rim chip. A salt glob to underside. A 1 1/4" ping to interior, not visible on exterior. H 8 1/2" ; Diameter 15 3/8".
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