Lot #: 451
Price Realized: $236.00
($200 hammer, plus 18% buyer's premium)
PLEASE NOTE: This result is 6 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 Brown Brothers, Huntington, Long Island Stoneware Crocks with Cobalt Decoration, New York State origin, circa 1870-1905, all of cylindrical form, a three-gallon example with stenciled rose motif, stamped "BROWN BROTHER , / HUNTINGTON, / L.I."; a two-gallon example with crossed floral motif and "1880" date, stamped "BROWN BROTHERS, / HUNTINGTON, / L.I."; and a four-gallon example with slip-trailed foliate motif, stamped "BROWN BROTHER , / HUNTINGTON, / L.I.". Provenance: Donald Matties Collection. Three-gallon crock with significant restoration, some of which is beginning to peel off. Two-gallon crock with some light exfoliation to front at base. Four-gallon crock with significant restoration to rim on reverse, a hairline to shoulder area on reverse, some staining, and three in-the-firing pings to front.
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