Winning bid:$16,000 New York stoneware crock, 19th c., impressed Haxton, Ottoman & Co., Fort Edward NY, having a large branching tree with two ducks on the ground under an overhanging limb, 12'' h. Illustrated in Webster, Decorated Stoneware of North America, fig. 181, page 144. Provenance: Formerly in the Weeks Collection. Price Estimate: $12000 - $16000