Lot #: 308
Price Realized: $402.50
($350 hammer, plus 15% buyer's premium)
PLEASE NOTE: This result is 8 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.
Six-Gallon Stoneware Water Cooler with Cobalt Floral Decoration, Midwestern origin, probably Ohio, circa 1860, large-sized, cylindrical jug with open strap handles and square bunghole with canted corners, the front decorated with a brushed design of a tulip plant bearing two large blossoms. Cobalt X decoration to the handles and cobalt highlights to the handle terminals. Freehand cobalt number 6 to shoulder. Cobalt highlight surrounding bunghole. A 9 1/4" slightly recessed in-the-firing crack to reverse. Two minor nicks to bunghole. An in-the-firing line at juncture of left and right handles to spout of cooler. A 5/8" reglued spout chip on reverse. H 18".
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