Lot #: 293
Price Realized: $660.00
($550 hammer, plus 20% buyer's premium)
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Rare Three-Gallon Stoneware Cake Crock with Cobalt Floral Decoration, Stamped "H B. PFALTZGRAFF / YORK PA.," circa 1870-1889, wide, cylindrical crock with tooled shoulder, flattened rim, and applied lug handles, brush-decorated with two tulips emanating from a central stem. Cobalt highlights to maker's mark, capacity mark, and handle terminals. Unusual form and exceptional size. An approximately 2 1/2" filled and colored section to rim on front. A 3 1/4" partially filled and colored chip to rim on proper right side. A 2" filled and colored chip to proper right handle. A 2" filled and colored chip to interior of rim. Interior of rim with a small flake and small U-shaped surface crack, which does not extend through to exterior. Minor surface flakes to base. A long hairline to underside, adjoining some short vertical lines that extend a short distance onto crock's base. H 8 7/8" ; Diam. 12 1/8".
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