Lot #: 385
Price Realized: $2,070.00
($1,800 hammer, plus 15% buyer's premium)
PLEASE NOTE: This result is 10 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.
Rare One-Gallon Stoneware Butter Crock with Cobalt Swan Decoration, Stamped "COWDEN & WILCOX / HARRISBURG, PA," circa 1865, short cylindrical crock with tooled shoulder, flattened rim, and applied lug handles, decorated with a slip-trailed cobalt design of a swan with heavily-brushed wing and stylized water below. Excellent form and size. Desirable figural decoration. Some in-the-firing fry to eye of swan. 7/8" chip on interior of rim on reverse. Small chip on top of one handle. Minor nick on underside at edge.
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