Lot #: 239
Price Realized: $747.50
($650 hammer, plus 15% buyer's premium)
PLEASE NOTE: This result is 12 years old, and the American ceramics market frequently changes. Additionally, small nuances of color, condition, shape, etc. can mean huge differences in price. If you're interested in having us sell a similar item for you, please contact us here.
Very Rare Two-Gallon Stoneware Water Cooler with Applied Double Cornucopia Decoration, Stamped "THOMPSON & CO. / GARDINER," Maine origin, circa 1840, small-sized ovoid cooler with heavily-tooled shoulder, flared rim, ribbed lug handles, and octagonal bung hole. Front decorated with a very unusual molded and applied design of two flowering cornucopias within an oval cartouche. Cobalt highlights to applied decoration, bung hole, and handle terminals. Excellent condition with a minor, in-the-firing chip to underside of bung hole. H 11".
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