Stoneware Crock with Cobalt Deer Decoration

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Stoneware Crock with Cobalt Deer Decoration, Haxstun, Ottman & Co., Fort Edward, New York, late 19th century, five-gallon crock with lug handles, decorated with a leaping stag with a split rail fence and a tree stump in the background, impressed maker's marks, Albany slip-glazed interior, (minor rim chips, light stains),ht. 12 in.
Estimate $3,000-5,000

3/4 x 1/2 in. chip to interior rim, 1 3/8 x 1/2 in. shallow chip from firing part of it is glazed and part of it shows a potstone burst on the exterior rim above stump, scattered areas of light stains around body.

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