Lot #: 317
Price Realized: $2,520.00
($2,100 hammer, plus 20% buyer's premium)
PLEASE NOTE: This result is 3 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.
Extremely Rare Three-Gallon Stoneware Jug with Cobalt Pomegranate Decoration, Stamped "COWDEN & WILCOX / HARRISBURG, PA," circa 1865, semi-ovoid jug with tooled shoulder and semi-rounded spout, decorated with a brushed design of a vertical branch bearing four heavily-shaded pomegranates and five well-detailed leaves. Cobalt highlights to maker's mark, capacity mark, and handle terminals. Fruit designs other than grapes or cherries were rarely produced by this prolific Central Pennsylvania pottery. Excellent, essentially as-made condition with an in-the-firing contact mark to front and a long in-the-firing horizontal surface fissure at base. H 15 3/4".
Click images to enlarge.
A Few of the Related Items We've Sold
Exceptional 4 Gal. COWDEN & WILCOX / HARRISBURG, PA Stoneware Jug w/ Elaborate Cornucopia
Exceedingly Rare and Important COWDEN & WILCOX / HARRISBURG, PA Triple Man-in-the-Moon Batter Pail
Monumental 5 Gal. COWDEN & WILCOX / HARRISBURG, PA Stoneware Jug Cooler w/ Large Grapes Motif
Exceptional Cowden & Wilcox Stoneware Batter Pail with Four Birds
Exceedingly Rare and Important J. YOUNG & CO. / HARRISBURG, PA Stoneware Pedestal Water Cooler
Extremely Rare and Important HARRISBURG, PA Stoneware Rooster Jug, John Young, 1856-58
Exceedingly Rare and Important WM. MOYER / HARRISBURG, PA Stoneware Pedestal Water Cooler
