Lot #: 34
Price Realized: $767.00
($650 hammer, plus 18% buyer's premium)
PLEASE NOTE: This result is 5 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 Foliate Decoration, Stamped "JOHN BURGER / ROCHESTER", NY State origin, circa 1860, cylindrical crock with squared rim and applied lug handles, decorated with a slip-trailed design of a three ferns or leaves conjoined at the stem. Slip-trailed "4" to shoulder. Cobalt highlights to maker's mark. A 3/4" in-the-firing iron ping to shoulder, beside a faint 2 1/2" Y-shaped line, not visible on interior. Some minor staining. A minor 5/8" worn area to reverse end of one handle.
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