Lot #: 221
Price Realized: $960.00
($800 hammer, plus 20% buyer's premium)
PLEASE NOTE: This result is 3 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-Gallon Stoneware Jar with Cobalt Floral Decoration, Stamped "COWDEN & WILCOX. / HARRISBURG. PA," circa 1865, cylindrical jar with tooled shoulder, flared collar, and applied lug handles, brush-decorated with a star-shaped flower blossom with bullseye center. Cobalt highlights to maker's mark, capacity mark, and handle terminals. Unusual inverted impression of "HARRISBURG. PA." Rim chips. Chips to inner rim for lid. A few in-the-firing iron pings to collar. A few minor flakes to side of jar. A tiny nick to molding at base of collar on reverse. A few shallow in-the-firing chips to underside at edge. Two minor chips to reverse edge of one handle. Some very minor staining. H 12".
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