Lot #: 138
Price Realized: $1,560.00
($1,300 hammer, plus 20% buyer's premium)
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Fine Three-Gallon Stoneware Jug with Cobalt Floral Decoration, Stamped "COWDEN & WILCOX / HARRISBURG. PA," circa 1865, ovoid jug with tooled shoulder and semi-rounded spout, brush-decorated with a leafy stem bearing unusual three-petaled, spotted blossoms. Cobalt highlights to maker's mark, capacity mark, and handle terminals. A few chips to interior of spout. Two in-the-firing surface chips to right of decoration. Minor in-the-firing flaws to surface. H 15 1/2".
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