Lot #: 418
Price Realized: $210.00
($175 hammer, plus 20% buyer's premium)
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Two-Gallon Stoneware Jar with Cobalt Grapes Decoration, Stamped "COWDEN & WILCOX / HARRISBURG, PA," circa 1865, cylindrical jar with tooled shoulder, flattened rim, and applied lug handles, brush-decorated with a grape cluster hanging from a vine between two leaves and two looping tendrils. Cobalt highlights to maker's mark, capacity mark, and handle terminals. A filled 1 1/8" chip to side of rim. Flakes to shoulder on reverse. A wide crack extending partway around base with a 4 3/4" and 3 3/4" vertical crack ascending from it. A 4" Y-shaped line near base on side of jar. A 5" hairline to underside. A chip and nick to one handle. Staining to surface. H 11 1/2".
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