Lot #: 308
Price Realized: $402.50
($350 hammer, plus 15% buyer's premium)
PLEASE NOTE: This result is 10 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.
Six-Gallon Stoneware Water Cooler with Cobalt Floral Decoration, Midwestern origin, probably Ohio, circa 1860, large-sized, cylindrical jug with open strap handles and square bunghole with canted corners, the front decorated with a brushed design of a tulip plant bearing two large blossoms. Cobalt X decoration to the handles and cobalt highlights to the handle terminals. Freehand cobalt number 6 to shoulder. Cobalt highlight surrounding bunghole. A 9 1/4" slightly recessed in-the-firing crack to reverse. Two minor nicks to bunghole. An in-the-firing line at juncture of left and right handles to spout of cooler. A 5/8" reglued spout chip on reverse. H 18".
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