Lot #: 399
Price Realized: $767.00
($650 hammer, plus 18% buyer's premium)
PLEASE NOTE: This result is 7 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.
Five-Gallon Stoneware Crock with Elaborate Cobalt Floral Decoration, Stamped "N. CLARK & CO / LYONS", New York State origin, circa 1850, cylindrical crock with tooled shoulder, squared rim, and applied lug handles, decorated with a large slip-trailed design of a flowering plant with intricate blossom and detailed leaves. Slip-trailed "5" on each side of decoration. Cobalt highlight to maker's mark. Two shallow rim chips on reverse. A 5" vertical line extending from shoulder to midsection on front. A 1 3/4" line from rim on reverse. Several short, minor surface lines to body on reverse, all of which do not extend through to the interior and appear to be in-the-firing. A faint 2" surface line to far left side of crock's front, not visible on the interior. Two chips to one handle and a minor chip to opposite handle. Two in-the-firing iron pings to interior. Some exfoliation to interior base.
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