Lot #: 89
Price Realized: $575.00
($500 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.
Two-Gallon Stoneware Jar with Cobalt Grapes Decoration, Stamped "COWDEN & WILCOX / HARRISBURG, PA," circa 1865, cylindrical jar with tooled shoulder, flared rim, and applied lug handles, decorated with a brushed design of eight grapes hanging from a stem, flanked by a looping vine and a leaf. Cobalt highlights to maker's mark, capacity mark, and handle terminals. Restoration to rim. A few shallow chips on interior of rim, two minor nicks to rim on reverse, and wear to inner rim ledge. A shallow chip and light wear to one handle. Some faint crazing to underside, not visible on interior. Some surface wear to decoration.
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