Rare attrib. William Hare, Wilmington, Delaware Stoneware Butter Crock

Fall 2026 Stoneware Auction

Lot #: 344

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Rare One-Gallon Stoneware Butter Crock with Cobalt Floral Decoration, attributed to William Hare, Wilmington, DE, circa 1860, wide, cylindrical crock with combed incising to shoulder, squared rim, and extruded lug handles, brush-decorated on the front and reverse with swag and hanging floral motifs. Relatively few examples of Hare's cobalt-decorated stoneware are known. Literature: For a closely related butter crock bearing Hare's maker's mark, see Fithian, Leister, Stewart, and Espenshade,"Hare Pottery Research," Ceramics in America 2005. Heavy chipping to rim. A top-to-bottom crack on one side, extending around handle. Exfoliation to underside. Diam. 8 1/2" ; H 4 7/8".



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