Item 4034
 
Coming to you from Doc's Crocks is this wonderful 3 Gallon Crock made and stamped by "F. H. Cowden, Harrisburg."
 
This is the mark of John Wallace Cowden who ran the company with this stamp from 1880-1888 (Phil Shaltenbrand, Big Ware Turners, pp. 55-58).
 
This beauty features the Pottery Stamp with Cobalt Wash and a Very Elaborate Snowflake Decoration in Strong Cobalt.  Measures 9 3/4" tall and 11 1/4" wide across the top.
 
Excellent Condition. Two chips on the back at the bottom (1/4", 1/2"), and a very faint 2" vertical hairline at the bottom of the left side that wraps under 6" that does not photograph.  No rim chips, cracks, stains, or restoration.  A 3/8" chip-like imperfection inside the rim, and two short brown runs where iron in the clay melted--all in the making. 
 
Ships double-boxed, insured, and FREE