Lot #: 296
Price Realized: $780.00
($650 hammer, plus 20% buyer's premium)
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Fine Stoneware Pedestal-Based Water Cooler with Cobalt Floral Decoration, attributed to J. McKenzie, Beaver, PA, circa 1860, approximately three-to-four gallon, ovoid form with applied pedestal base, lug handles, tooled accents, and rectangular bunghole at base; decorated with a large, undulating fuchsia vine design across the front. Cobalt highlights to bunghole and handle terminals. Includes a cobalt-decorated lid attributed to R.J. Grier, Chester County, PA. A highly-prized Western Pennsylvania stoneware form. Literature: Illustrated in Jones, Made in Pennsylvania: A Folk Art Tradition, The Westmoreland Museum of Art, 2007. A 1 5/8" base chip to side of cooler. A relatively minor, in-the-firing base chip on reverse. A glazed-over ping to front. A minor, glazed-over ping to side of cooler and reverse. A 5" Y-shaped line to front, not visible on interior. A 4 1/4" loss to lid. H (excluding lid) 17 1/4".
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