6 Gal. Ohio Stoneware Jug Cooler with Floral Decoration

March 19, 2016 Stoneware Auction

Lot #: 308

Price Realized: $402.50

($350 hammer, plus 15% buyer's premium)

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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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