Lot #: 416
Price Realized: $240.00
($200 hammer, plus 20% buyer's premium)
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Two-Gallon Stoneware Crock with Cobalt Bird Decoration, Stamped "WHITE'S UTICA," NY State origin, circa 1870, cylindrical crock with tooled shoulder, semi-rounded rim, and applied lug handles, decorated with a slip-trailed design of a crested bird with fan-shaped tail, perched on a stem. Cobalt highlights to maker's mark and capacity mark. Provenance: William Bouck Collection. Front of crock with a thin 5" crack and thin 4 1/2" crack from rim. Some minor fry to cobalt. A 1 3/8" chip to interior of rim. Two smaller chips to interior of rim. A 2 1/4" rim chip on reverse. A chip to each handle. Wear around bottom edge. Minor exfoliation to underside. Some staining. H 9 1/2".
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