Lot #: 435
Price Realized: $230.00
($200 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.
Four-Gallon Stoneware Crock with Cobalt Floral Decoration, Stamped "COWDEN & WILCOX / HARRISBURG, PA," circa 1865, cylindrical crock with tooled shoulder, semi-squared rim, and applied lug handles, decorated with a large flowering tulip plant bearing two blossoms separated by leaves. Some fry to cobalt. Y-shaped crack on underside, continuing onto base, where it forms a second Y. Faint Y-shaped surface to shoulder and Y-shaped line to opposite side. Some light staining.
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