MID-ATLANTIC DECORATED STONEWARE JARS, LOT OF THREE, salt-glazed, comprising a stamped "F. H. COWDEN / HARRISBURG", Pennsylvania "3" gallon capacity example with applied arched handles and cobalt stenciled decoration below stamp with additional cobalt to handle terminals, a Baltimore "2" gallon cylindrical-form example having brushed cobalt dropped feather decoration repeated four times below shoulder, and a designated two-gallon squat cylindrical wide-mouth example with cobalt stenciled "2". Circa 1875. 12 7/8" HOA.
Baltimore example having flake to rim; stenciled "2" example with chip to rim interior, possibly as made; Cowden example with two rim chips including one moderate to interior, a hairline crack extending from base to medial body, some scattered glaze exfoliation, and moderate white residue to interior. Manufacturing flaws including Baltimore example with moderate stone pop above base and several raised "pimples" to interior and exterior, as made.