Lot #: 198
Price Realized: $270.00
($225 hammer, plus 20% buyer's premium)
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Two-Gallon Lidded Stoneware Jar with Cobalt Floral Decoration, Stamped "COWDEN & WILCOX / HARRISBURG," PA origin, circa 1865, cylindrical jar with tooled shoulder, flared rim, and applied lug handles, brush-decorated with an abstract floral motif featuring swags and graduated blossoms ascending and descending from a horizontal stem. Cobalt highlights to maker's mark, capacity mark, and handle terminals. Includes a salt-glazed lid. Rim chips. Left side with a 7" spider crack and an in-the-firing surface chip near base. A 7" spider crack to reverse. Some fry to cobalt. A recessed in-the-firing contact mark near base on front. Heavy chipping to lid. H (excluding lid) 11 1/4".
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