Lot #: 589
Price Realized: $172.50
($150 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.
Two Pieces of Cowden & Wilcox Stoneware, Harrisburg, PA origin, circa 1865, a one-gallon cream jar with floral decoration, stamped "COWDEN & WILCOX / HARRISBURG, PA," paired with a half-gallon undecorated jug, stamped simply "COWDEN & WILCOX". Jar with fry to cobalt, vertical hairline at base, which continues onto underside, a smooth base chip, a 1 3/4" rim chip on reverse, and a small rim nick. Jug with small, glazed-over stone ping at base, horizontal surface line to underside of handle, and a few in-the-firing separations where the handle joins the body of the jug.
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