Lot #: 412
Price Realized: $287.50
($250 hammer, plus 15% buyer's premium)
PLEASE NOTE: This result is 8 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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