Lot #: 51
Price Realized: $2,760.00
($2,300 hammer, plus 20% buyer's premium)
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Rare Six-Gallon Stoneware Crock with Cobalt Horse Head Decoration, Ohio origin, circa 1875, cylindrical crock with tooled shoulder, semi-rounded rim, and applied lug handles, decorated with an artistically slip-trailed design of a horse with bridle, reins, and finely-detailed mane. Slip-trailed "6" above flanked by flourishes. Provenance: Crocker Farm, Inc., October 25, 2014, lot 216. Some light fry to cobalt. Sealed 8 3/4" crack to right side of crock's front, not affecting decoration. H 13 1/2".
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