Lot #: 489
Price Realized: $316.25
($275 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.
Three-Gallon Stoneware Crock with Cobalt Running Bird Decoration, Stamped "WHITES. UTICA NY", circa 1870, cylindrical crock with semi-rounded rim and applied lug handles, decorated with a slip-trailed design of a bird with fan-shaped tail and turned head, "running" atop a stylized branch. Provenance: David Musser Collection. A 7/8" x 5/8" cluster of shallow in-the-firing chips to rim. A chip to side of rim. An in-the-firing chip to underside at edge. A 3" vertical hairline on reverse, not visible on interior. A 1 3/4" spot of staining on reverse.
Click images to enlarge.
A Few of the Related Items We've Sold
Stoneware Crock with Elaborate Cobalt Dog Scene, WHITES UTICA
Exceptional WHITE & WOOD / BINGHAMTON, NY 8 Gal. Stoneware Churn w/ Extensive Decoration
Exceptional Utica, NY 1/4 Gal. Incised Stoneware Jug Marked "S. P. D.," c1827-32
Rare 2 Gal. N. A. WHITE & SON / UTICA, NY Stoneware Crock with Great Blue Heron Decoration
Extremely Rare H. & G. NASH / UTICA Stoneware Jar w/ Man-Smoking-Pipe Decoration
Exceptional WHITES UTICA 4 Gal. Stoneware Crock w/ Bold Lion Decoration
Extremely Rare and Important John Quincy Adams Stoneware Jar, W. GAY, Utica, NY, circa 1829
Exceptional WHITES UTICA Stoneware Jar with Elaborate Rooster Decoration
