Lot #: 427
Price Realized: $270.00
($225 hammer, plus 20% buyer's premium)
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Six Salt-Glazed Stoneware Bottles, Primarily Harrisburg, PA origin, second half 19th century, three stamped "COWDEN & WILCOX" (one with C below maker's mark,) one stamped "HARRISBURG, PA / C," one stamped "JOHN, MCHALE BLIND," and one stamped "PATRICK SHERIDAN." Harrisburg, PA bottle and two Cowden & Wilcox with later blue added to the stamps. Harrisburg, PA bottle with a hairline to neck, some black residue to surface, and staining. Blind bottle with two in-the-firing pings to base area. Sheridan bottle with staining. All in otherwise very good to excellent condition. H (of tallest) 10".
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