Lot #: 169
Price Realized: $885.00
($750 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.
One-Gallon Stoneware Crock with Cobalt Grapes Decoration, Stamped "COWDEN & WILCOX / HARRISBURG, PA", circa 1865, cylindrical crock with applied lug handles and semi-squared rim, the front decorated with a brushed cluster of grapes hanging from a vine with two looping tendrils. Cobalt highlights to maker's mark and handle terminals. Desirable size and decoration with excellent color. Provenance: From a recently-surfaced collection of Cowden & Wilcox stoneware. Professionally-restored top-to-bottom crack to right of decoration, continuing across underside, where it forms a mostly-restored network of cracks. One crack from this groiup extends 3 3/4" up side of crock. Small chips to interior of rim.
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