Auction: American Furniture & Decorative Arts - 2431Location: BostonDate / Time: November 01, 2008 3:00PM
Description:
Cobalt Decorated Stoneware Crock with Grapes, "O.L. & A.K. BALLARD, BURLINGTON, VT.," 1856-72, straight-sided three-gallon crock with lug handles, the front decorated with a cluster of grapes in cobalt blue, Albany slip-glazed interior, impressed maker's mark, (cracks),ht. 11 3/4 in.
Estimate $100-200
Several cracks, on front , base, and back, one crudely repaired on front below decoration mineral deposits to interior.