Lot #: 234
Price Realized: $442.50
($375 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.
One-Gallon Cobalt-Decorated Stoneware Cake Crock with Lid, Baltimore, MD origin, circa 1870, cylindrical crock with tooled shoulder, squared rim, and applied tab handles, decorated on the front and reverse with a brushed clover motif above a freehand stripe. Cobalt highlights to handle terminals. Includes a loosely-fitting Baltimore stoneware lid, probably not original to the crock, with daubed cobalt decoration. Crock with three rim chips, some staining, and a faint 2" surface line extending from base, not visible on interior. Lid with shallow chipping to flange on underside, in otherwise excellent condition.
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