Lot #: 296
Price Realized: $230.00
($200 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.
Rare Eight-Gallon Cobalt-Decorated Stoneware Keg-Form Cooler, Stamped "SMITH & DAY / NORWALK", Connecticut origin, circa 1840, highly-ovoid form with tooled banding and applied, wheel-thrown bung hole. Cobalt highlights to banding, bunghole, and maker's mark. Incised "8" on top of rim. A difficult-to-find form from this maker. Provenance: A fresh-to-the-market example, purchased decades ago by the consignor. A 9" crack on underside, continuing into base of bunghole. This damage includes two small reglued pieces to bung hole and a 2 1/2" hairline, which extends to right of bung hole. Some minor in-the-firing chipping to top edge. An additional 2 1/2" hairline at base on reverse, continuing 1 1/2" onto underside. Some small chips to inner edge of flange-like rim. Shallow in-the-firing chipping to base. H 16".
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