Lot #: 154
Price Realized: $862.50
($750 hammer, plus 15% buyer's premium)
PLEASE NOTE: This result is 8 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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