Lot #: 94
Price Realized: $840.00
($700 hammer, plus 20% buyer's premium)
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Fine Six-Gallon Stoneware Crock with Elaborate Cobalt Floral Decoration, Stamped "COWDEN & WILCOX, / HARRISBURG .PA," circa 1865, cylindrical crock with tooled shoulder, flattened rim, and applied lug handles, brush-decorated with two large tulips and two blossoms composed of graduated dashes, all emanating from a cluster of leaves. Cobalt highlights to maker's mark, capacity mark, and handle terminals. A well-decorated example featuring exceptional size and superb color and condition. Excellent condition with a minor chip to interior of rim, a small, glazed-over iron ping to far right side of crock's front, and some staining to reverse. Rim is slightly angled and slightly out of round. H 12 3/4".
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