Lot #: 559
Price Realized: $230.00
($200 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.
Two Cobalt-Decorated Stoneware Cake Crocks, Mid-Atlantic origin, circa 1870, a one-and-a-half-gallon crock with cobalt tulip decoration on each side, attributed to Richard C. Remmey, Philadelphia, PA; paired with a one-and-a-half-gallon crock with two-stemmed clover plant decoration on each side, Baltimore, MD origin. Remmey crock with a Y-shaped crack on underside, continuing a short distance onto base, a top-to-bottom crack from rim, some shallow chipping to rim, and some water glass staining. Baltimore crock with top-to-bottom crack from rim, an iron ping to one handle, two rim chips, and a small in-the-firing ping to rim.
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