Lot #: 504
Price Realized: $2,760.00
($2,400 hammer, plus 15% buyer's premium)
PLEASE NOTE: This result is 11 years old, and the American ceramics market frequently changes. Additionally, small nuances of color, condition, shape, etc. can mean huge differences in price. If you're interested in having us sell a similar item for you, please contact us here.
Very Rare One-Gallon Stoneware Butter Crock with Cobalt Man-in-the-Moon Decoration, Stamped "COWDEN & WILCOX / HARRISBURG, PA," circa 1865, short, cylindrical crock with tooled shoulder, semi-squared rim, and applied lug handles, decorated with a brushed cobalt design of a man's face with long nose, flanked by leaves. A scarce design in its own right, examples of this desirable Cowden & Wilcox motif are very rare on a butter crock form. Professional restoration to an approximately 3 1/4" area of rim. An additional minor rim chip. A shallow chip to one handle. A 1 1/4" flake to underside.
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