Lot #: 313
Price Realized: $600.00
($500 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.
Large-Sized Keg-Form Stoneware Water Cooler with Cobalt Date "1863," NY State origin, 1863, barrel-form with squared rim, circular bunghole, and tooled banding throughout, decorated with the large Civil War era date, "1863," across the front. Cobalt highlights to rim, bunghole, and banding. Chipping to interior of rim. Three small rim chips on reverse. A minuscule nick to bunghole. A small in-the-firing iron ping at base on reverse. Light exfoliation to underside. H 15 1/2".
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