Lot #: 292
Price Realized: $1,140.00
($950 hammer, plus 20% buyer's premium)
PLEASE NOTE: This result is 3 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.
Two-Gallon Stoneware Water Cooler with Cobalt Floral Decoration, attributed to Richard C. Remmey, Philadelphia, PA, circa 1880, cylindrical cooler with footed base, tooled shoulder, squared rim, and applied lug handles, the base fitted with a large circular bunghole. Front decorated with a double-stemmed tulip plant. Reverse decorated with brushed foliate motifs at the shoulder. Cobalt swags below each handle. Cobalt highlights to bunghole and handle terminals. Very nice condition with some rim chips and a 1 1/4" salt drip to reverse. H 11 7/8".
Click images to enlarge.
A Few of the Related Items We've Sold
Important Stoneware Vase Made by Henry H. Remmey for His Wife, Philadelphia, 1871
Important Charles Decker (Tennessee) Stoneware Pitcher for Henry Harrison "Harry" Remmey
Exceptional 2 Gal. Stoneware Chick Waterer, attrib. Richard C. Remmey, Philadelphia, PA
Fine Philadelphia Redware Plate, 18th century
Thomas Haig, Philadelphia Stoneware Log Cabin Bank, 1846
The John Bradley Incised Ship Growler, Remmey Family Masterwork, Philadelphia, PA
Pennsylvania Redware Dog Figure, possibly Philadelphia, circa 1850-80
Important Remmey, Philadelphia 1874 Incised Birds Presentation Pitcher
