Lot #: 423
Price Realized: $360.00
($300 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.
Two Cobalt-Decorated Stoneware Jars, Stamped "COWDEN & WILCOX. / HARRISBURG . PA," circa 1865, both of cylindrical, handled form, a one-gallon jar with large brushed tulip and a two-gallon jar with unusual slip-trailed branch design. One-gallon jar with a few short cracks from rim, chips to inner rim for lid, some staining, and hairlines to underside, continuing a short distance onto base. One handle with a short crack, two small chips, and some wear. Two-gallon jar with large area of restoration to reverse and some unrestored exfoliation to left of decoration and underside. H (of one-gallon jar) 9 3/4".
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