Lot #: 51
Price Realized: $2,124.00
($1,800 hammer, plus 18% buyer's premium)
PLEASE NOTE: This result is 7 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. Excellent condition with some tight lines on right side of jar's front and a few in-the-firing chips to underside at edge. H 14 1/2".
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