Lot #: 485
Price Realized: $324.50
($275 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.
Unusual Five-Gallon Cobalt-Decorated Stoneware Water Cooler with Cobalt "1863" Date, Northeastern U.S. origin, 1863, keg-form cooler with tooled and cobalt-highlighted banding and circular bung hole, also with cobalt highlights, the front featuring the large Civil-War-era date, "1863", in brushed cobalt. Several chips to interior of rim. Three rim chips to reverse. Two small black crayon number notations on reverse as well as two crayon notations on underside. H 15 1/2".
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