Lot #: 495
Price Realized: $460.00
($400 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 Bird-on-Stump Decoration, Stamped "RIEDINGER & CAIRE / POUGHKEEPSIE-NY", circa 1870, cylindrical crock with tooled shoulder, semi-rounded rim, and applied lug handles, decorated with a slip-trailed design of a long-tailed bird perched on a stump flanked by shrubs and grasses. Strong decoration with excellent color. Provenance: David Musser Collection. Some scratches to cobalt. A minor flake to left handle. A salt drip to right handle. Some light wear to front. Two in-the-firing burns at bottom edge on front. A chip and minor nick on interior of rim. A small chip to exterior of rim. Water glass residue to interior.
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