Lot #: 237
Price Realized: $413.00
($350 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.
Four-Gallon Stoneware Crock with Cobalt Parrot Decoration, Stamped "F.B. NORTON & CO. / WORCESTER, MASS.", circa 1870, cylindrical crock with semi-rounded rim and applied lug handles, decorated with a large slip-trailed design of a crested parrot with heavily-shaded body and spotted tail, perched on a leaf. Cobalt highlights to maker's mark and capacity mark. Some light exfoliation to surface. Three chips to interior of rim, the largest measuring 1 5/8". A small chip to exterior of rim. A thin 6" crack on underside, extending 4 1/4" up reverse, where it forms a long Y. A 3" x 1 1/8" in-the-firing base chip on reverse.
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