Lot #: 436
Price Realized: $390.00
($325 hammer, plus 20% buyer's premium)
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Two Two-Gallon Cobalt-Decorated Stoneware Jars, Stamped "COWDEN & WILCOX / HARRISBURG, PA," circa 1870, both of cylindrical, handled form, one retaining lid, both with brushed floral-and-foliate design. Both impressed with different Cowden & Wilcox maker's marks. Both jars with chips and some fry to cobalt. Lidded jar with staining and y-shaped hairling crack. H (to top of lid) 12 1/4".
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