This outstanding late nineteenth century twenty-gallon cobalt decorated stoneware crock with an applied rosette from Western Pennsylvania sold yesterday at Alderfer Auction in Hatfield, Pennsylvania. Interestingly, the only other instance where I have seen this type applied rosette on American-made utilitarian pottery from the 1800s is a red earthenware artifact that was recovered by archaeologists from the Rochester Museum & Science Center in Rochester, New York, which was discovered at the site of the Gleason Pottery in the Morganville section of Stafford, New York; this artifact will be published in my forthcoming 800-900 page New York book, due out sometime in 2024. Furthermore, the manufacture of the rosette from Western New York and the example on this crock probably date from a similar period, give or take a decade or so.
Nevertheless, this crock sold yesterday for $13,000 plus the buyer's premium.
Note: For a brief history about pottery production in the New Genevan and Greensboro, Pennsylvania area - see a story I posted to this website on October 11, 2023, titled, An Excellent Example of Late 19th Century Stoneware From New Geneva, Pennsylvania Sells in Litchfield, Connecticut: http://www.earlyamericanceramics.com/2023/10/an-excellent-example-of-late-19th.html.
20-Gallon Stoneware Crock from W. PA with Applied Rosette
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