Lot #: 239
Price Realized: $2,070.00
($1,800 hammer, plus 15% buyer's premium)
PLEASE NOTE: This result is 10 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.
Very Rare Ovoid Stoneware Water Cooler with Cobalt Stripe Decoration, Western PA origin, circa 1870, approximately four-gallon, ovoid cooler with heavily-tooled midsection, semi-rounded rim, and large circular bunghole, decorated with three wide stripes across the body. Brushed cobalt around bunghole. Excellent form and color. This highly-unusual water cooler is the first Western PA example of this style we have seen. Provenance: A fresh-to-the-market example, recently found in Virginia. In-the-firing dryness to reverse. Nicks to interior of bunghole. 1 1/2" chip on side of rim. Thin 2 1/2" crack on underside, extending 2 1/4" up base of cooler on left side of front. A few minor base chips. H 14 3/8".
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