Item 7405
 
Coming to you from Doc's Crocks is this superb 2 Gallon Stoneware Cake Crock with Original Lid.  
 
It is attributed to Peter Herrmann who made pottery on Eager Street in Baltimore from 1850-1872 (William Ketchum, American Stoneware, p. 98).  
 
This beauty features a Thick Tooled Rim, Tooled Shoulder, Applied Handles with Cobalt Accent, and a Brushed Cobalt Double Clover on Each Side.  The cobalt is rich and bold.  The lid has petals around the knob to create a flower and eight brushed clover blossoms.   The base is 6" tall and 12" wide.  The lid is 13" in diameter.  
 
Very Good Condition.  The base has 4 small chips inside the rim (1/4" to 1/2"), a 1/2" chip above one handle, and chipping along the top edge on one side.  No hairlines, cracks, stains, or restoration.  The lid has two chips (3/8", 1/2") and two 1" hairlines at the rim.  A series of faint surface lines with only one 4" line showing on both sides in the middle.  No stains or restoration. 
 
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