Lot #: 56
Price Realized: $258.75
($225 hammer, plus 15% buyer's premium)
PLEASE NOTE: This result is 11 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.
Four-Gallon Stoneware Keg with Cobalt Foliate Decoration, Stamped "EDMANDS & CO.," Charlestown, MA, circa 1860, ovoid keg-form cooler with circular bunghole, decorated with incised and cobalt-highlighted bands, the midsection featuring a slip-trailed leaf flanked by vines. Brushed cobalt around bunghole. X-shaped hairline on underside, with a 3 1/4" hairline extending up from base. Salt drip at base on reverse. A few rim chips. Contact mark on reverse.
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