Lot #: 159
Price Realized: $1,200.00
($1,000 hammer, plus 20% buyer's premium)
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One-Gallon Stoneware Cake Crock with Cobalt Floral Decoration, Stamped "COWDEN & WILCOX / HARRISBURG, PA," circa 1865, wide, cylindrical crock with tooled shoulder, semi-rounded rim, and applied lug handles, brush-decorated with a horizontal tulip motif. Cobalt highlights to maker's mark and handle terminals. Desirable, lesser-seen Harrisburg form. Excellent condition with some light fry to cobalt and light staining to reverse. Diam. 10 1/4" ; H 5 1/4".
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