Item 8671
 
Coming to you from Doc's Crocks is this Large 4 Gallon Jug made and stamped by "Cowden & Wilcox, Harrisburg, PA."
 
This is the mark of John Wallace Cowden and Isaac Wilcox who ran the pottery in Harrisburg with this stamp from 1863 to 1880 (Phil Shaltenbrand, Big Ware Turners , pp. 55-58).
 
This beauty features a Large Size, Pottery Stamp with Cobalt Wash, and a Huge Brushed Cobalt Chrysanthemum with 10 Leaves, Two Buds, and a Ginomous Blossom with Petals!  Bright and Shiny Cobalt throughout the Decoration.  Stands 17" tall. 
 
Excellent Condition.  Some scattered staining from use.  That's it!  No post-production chips, hairlines, cracks, or restoration.  A 2" chip on top of the left side of the spout in the making, and some scattered bubbling in the cobalt that is also in the making. 
 
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