Lot #: 336
Price Realized: $360.00
($300 hammer, plus 20% buyer's premium)
PLEASE NOTE: This result is 4 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.
Rare Two-Gallon Stoneware Water Cooler with Cobalt Floral Decoration, Stamped "COWDEN & WILCOX / HARRISBURG, PA", circa 1865, squat, cylindrical cooler with tooled shoulder, flattened rim, applied lug handles, and large circular bunghole, the front decorated with a graduated flower blossom or grape cluster. Cobalt highlights to maker's mark, capacity mark, handle terminals, and area surrounding bunghole. A difficult-to-find Harrisburg form. An approximately 6" X-shaped hairline on reverse. A 1 1/8" horizontal line in one handle. An in-the-firing, glazed-over dent to rim. Some staining.
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