Lot #: 205
Price Realized: $780.00
($650 hammer, plus 20% buyer's premium)
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Two-Gallon Stoneware Jar with Cobalt Floral Decoration, Stamped "COWDEN & WILCOX / HARRISBURG .PA," circa 1865, cylindrical jar with tooled shoulder, flattened rim, and applied lug handles, brush-decorated with a leafy stem bearing a large tulip and three buds. Cobalt highlights to maker's mark, capacity mark, and handle terminals. A small chip to proper left handle. Three rim chips. A faint circular line in underside. Some in-the-firing mottling to clay. H 11 3/4".
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