Lot #: 125
Price Realized: $720.00
($600 hammer, plus 20% buyer's premium)
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Four-Gallon Stoneware Jug with Large Cobalt Floral Decoration, Stamped "COWDEN & WILCOX / HARRISBURG .PA," circa 1865, highly-ovoid jug with semi-rounded spout, brush-decorated with a leafy stem bearing a large tulip blossom and two buds. Cobalt highlights to maker's mark, capacity mark, and handle terminals. A 2 1/8" in-the-firing flake to top of spout. Some fry to cobalt. Some staining and residue to surface. H 17 1/2".
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