Lot #: 408
Price Realized: $488.75
($425 hammer, plus 15% buyer's premium)
PLEASE NOTE: This result is 12 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.
Three-Gallon Cobalt-Decorated Stoneware Water Cooler with Lid, Baltimore, MD origin, circa 1860, cylindrical cooler with heavily-tooled shoulder, squared rim, applied lug handles, and large circular bung hole. Front decorated with an elaborate two-stemmed clover plant. Similar, smaller design on reverse. Cobalt highlights to bung hole and handle terminals. Cobalt band around shoulder. Lid with cobalt petal-shaped brushwork around edge and knob. Cooler is in excellent, essentially as-made condition with a minor nicked area to rim, which is glazed-over. Lid with loss to knob and chips to flange on underside.
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