Lot #: 308
Price Realized: $2,875.00
($2,500 hammer, plus 15% buyer's premium)
PLEASE NOTE: This result is 12 years old, and the American ceramics market frequently changes. Additionally, small nuances of color, condition, shape, etc. can mean huge differences in price. If you're interested in having us sell a similar item for you, please contact us here.
Exceptional Six-Gallon Stoneware Cream Jar with Grapes Decoration, Stamped "COWDEN & WILCOX / HARRISBURG, PA," circa 1865, ovoid jar with tooled shoulder, finely-thrown rim, and applied lug handles, decorated with a very large decoration of a cluster of grapes hanging from a vine with two leaves and two corkscrewing tendrils. A rare and impressive size for Harrisburg stoneware, featuring a desirable motif in excellent color. Provenance: A fresh-to-the-market example, consigned from Baltimore County. Excellent condition with some tight lines on right side of jar's front and a few in-the-firing chips to underside at edge.
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