Lot #: 160
Price Realized: $2,006.00
($1,700 hammer, plus 18% buyer's premium)
PLEASE NOTE: This result is 5 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 Batter Pail with Cobalt Cherries Decoration, Stamped "COWDEN & WILCOX / HARRISBURG, PA", circa 1865, ovoid pail with tubular spout, handle at base on reverse, and applied clay ears with wood-and-wire bail handle; decorated on the reverse with a cluster of three cherries emanating from a group of leaves. Front of pail decorated with a wreath surrounding the base of the spout. Cobalt highlights to ears and handle terminals. Excellent, essentially as-made condition with a few short, in-the-firing surface lines at base on reverse, not visible on interior, some light staining, and some minor bubbling to cobalt.
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