Lot #: 197
Price Realized: $540.00
($450 hammer, plus 20% buyer's premium)
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One-Gallon Lidded 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 tulip ascending the front. Cobalt highlights to maker's mark and handle terminals. Includes original salt-glazed lid. Some minor fry to cobalt and salt residue to front. A small rim chip on reverse. Nicks and light wear to inner rim for lid. A small in-the-firing iron ping to reverse. A minor glazed-over dent to base, which occurred while the clay was still soft. Lid in excellent condition with a small in-the-firing contact mark to top of finial. H (excluding lid) 9".
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