Lot #: 193
Price Realized: $660.00
($550 hammer, plus 20% buyer's premium)
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Three-Gallon Stoneware Jar with Cobalt Grapes Decoration, Stamped "COWDEN & WILCOX / HARRISBURG .PA," circa 1865, ovoid jar with tooled shoulder, semi-rounded rim, and applied lug handles, brush-decorated with a cluster of grapes hanging from a stem with leaves and looping vines. Cobalt highlights to maker's mark, capacity mark, and handle terminals. Chips to interior of rim. A 5" crack from middle of rim on front. A 5 1/2" crack from rim on far right side of jar's front. A tight spider crack to base area on front. Short vertical lines to base on front. A large spider crack on reverse. H 11 3/4".
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