Lot #: 412
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.
One-and-a-Half-Gallon Cobalt-Decorated Stoneware Cake Crock, Stenciled "Chas. H. Torsch & Co. / Baltimore, Md.", attributed to A.P. Donaghho, Parkersburg, WV, circa 1875, cylindrical crock with rounded rim, featuring Charles Torsch advertising above the notation "1 1/2". Excellent, essentially as-made condition with a faint 1 1/2" Y-shaped line on underside, not visible on the interior and likely in-the-firing.
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