Lot #: 580
Price Realized: $270.00
($225 hammer, plus 20% buyer's premium)
PLEASE NOTE: This result is 2 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 Pieces of Cobalt-Decorated Stoneware, American, second half 19th century, a one-and-a-half-gallon crock with slip-trailed leaf motif, probably Fort Edward, NY origin; a five-gallon crock with slip-trailed bee stinger and "5;" a four-gallon crock with slip-trailed chicken pecking corn motif, NY State origin; and a cylindrical jar with brushed daffodil decoration, possibly William Macquoid, Manhattan, NY. One-and-a-half-gallon crock with two chips to interior of rim. Five-gallon crock with a large, glazed-over handle chip, staining, a large base chip, and fry to cobalt. Chicken pecking corn crock with exfoliation, cracks from rim including one poorly glued, rim chips, and an in-the-firing iron ping to chicken's head. Daffodil jar with a wide, curving crack from rim on front, shorter cracks from rim, rim chips, heavy chipping to inner rim for lid, cracks to base and underside, and staining to interior and exterior. H (of shortest) 8 3/8".
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