Lot #: 110
Price Realized: $2,950.00
($2,500 hammer, plus 18% buyer's premium)
PLEASE NOTE: This result is 6 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.
Fine and Scarce Four-Gallon Stoneware Jug with Cobalt Pinwheel Decoration, Stamped "COWDEN & WILCOX / HARRISBURG, PA", circa 1865, ovoid jug with tooled shoulder, and wide, semi-rounded spout, the front decorated with a large, four-petaled floral motif featuring arrow-like embellishments extending around the blossom. Cobalt highlights to maker's mark, capacity mark, and handle terminals. Wonderful design with exceptional color. Excellent, essentially as-made condition with a minor in-the-firing contact mark to front and a 1 3/8" in-the-firing contact mark to reverse, in the form of a narrow surface flake.
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