Lot #: 273
Price Realized: $660.00
($550 hammer, plus 20% buyer's premium)
PLEASE NOTE: This result is 4 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, OH origin, circa 1860, cylindrical jug form with applied handles and squared bunghole with canted corners, decorated with a double-stemmed flowering plant motif. Freehand cobalt "6" above. Handles decorated with X-shaped brushwork and highlights to the terminals. Cobalt highlight surrounding bunghole. Includes wooden spigot. Significant restoration to bunghole. This restoration has become damaged, revealing a chipped whitish restoration material to the base of the bunghole. A faint 1 1/2" line to spout. Some short, minor in-the-firing lines to base area. H 19".
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