Lot #: 154
Price Realized: $862.50
($750 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.
Rare Five-Gallon Stoneware Water Cooler with Cobalt Floral Decoration, Stamped "HUDSON. N.Y / POTTERY", Benjamin Wolford at the Hudson, New York pottery of Amos S. Hover and Charles Fingar, circa 1870, keg-form cooler with tooled banding and circular bunghole, the front decorated with a slip-trailed floral design featuring a circular blossom surrounded by smaller bulls-eye-shaped flowers and daisies below. Bunghole embellished with impressed screw heads. Cobalt highlights to tooled banding, bunghole, maker's mark, and capacity mark. Literature: Information on maker provided by William C. Ketchum, Jr., The Potters and Potteries of New York State, 1650-1900, p. 113. Excellent, essentially as-made condition. H 14".
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