Lot #: 384
Price Realized: $575.00
($500 hammer, plus 15% buyer's premium)
PLEASE NOTE: This result is 13 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 Ten-Gallon Open-Handled Stoneware Water Cooler, Red Wing, MN origin, circa 1880, large cylindrical jug with tooled shoulder, open handles, and octagonal bung hole, decorated with an elaborate slip-trailed "10" and cobalt "bee stinger" design, along with an inverted flower growing downward from it. 1 1/2" crack in bung hole. Chipping and a horizontal crack to top edge of spout. Large, in-the-firing flake to underside. H 21".
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