Lot #: 505
Price Realized: $150.00
($125 hammer, plus 20% buyer's premium)
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Three-Gallon Stoneware Jar with Stenciled Cobalt Decoration, Stamped "F.H. COWDEN / HARRISBURG", PA origin, circa 1880, ovoid jar with tooled shoulder, semi-squared rim, and applied lug handles, decorated with a stenciled design resembling a snowflake. Unusual error of three-gallon capacity mark stamped overtop four-gallon capacity stamp. 1" rim chip on reverse. Smaller rim chips. 5" tight y-shaped crack on reverse extending onto other side. Very thin hairline crack on reverse extending onto underside. H 11 3/4".
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