Rare O. L. & A. K. BALLARD / BURLINGTON, VT Stoneware Water Cooler w/ Double Bird Decoration

July 18, 2015 Stoneware Auction

Lot #: 157



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Rare Eight-Gallon Stoneware Water Cooler with Cobalt Double-Bird Decoration, Stamped "O.L. & A.K. BALLARD / BURLINGTON, VT.", circa 1870, large-sized, keg-form cooler with tooled banding and circular bunghole, the front decorated with two crested birds with well-detailed bodies, one of which is perched on a stylized tree stump. Cobalt highlight to banding, maker's mark, and capacity mark. Excellent size, form, and decoration. Excellent, essentially as-made condition with a 2" in-the-firing contact mark including chip to tail of left bird and some small chips to interior of rim. H 17".




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