Lot #: 147
Price Realized: $354.00
($300 hammer, plus 18% buyer's premium)
PLEASE NOTE: This result is 6 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 Three-Gallon Cobalt-Decorated Stoneware Water Cooler, Stamped "SMITH & DAY / NORWALK", CT origin, circa 1840, ovoid, keg-form cooler with tooled banding and wheel-thrown and applied bunghole, featuring cobalt highlights to banding, maker's mark, and base of bunghole. Incised "3" on top surface. Provenance: From a recently-surfaced NC collection, purchased by the consignor decades ago. X-shaped crack on underside. continuing onto base, where it forms a T. An X-shaped crack to bottom half of cooler on reverse. A 1 1/8" loss to bunghole and a 3/4" smooth, glazed-over chip to bunghole.A few minor rim chips, one of which is glazed over. Two in-the-firing base chips and a few very minor base chips.
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