Lot #: 22
Price Realized: $747.50
($650 hammer, plus 15% buyer's premium)
PLEASE NOTE: This result is 11 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.
Fine Two-Gallon Stoneware Water Cooler with Profuse Cobalt Floral Decoration, New England origin, third quarter 19th century, keg-form cooler with raised banding and unusual, stepped circular bung hole, decorated with a large and well-detailed brushed and slip-trailed flowering plant. Design features three circular blossoms, embellished with numerous slip-trailed dots and curled trails. Bung hole bordered by dots. Excellent decoration. Very nice condition with two chips to inner edge of flange-like rim, a stone ping on reverse, and a minor nick to edge on underside.
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