Lot #: 22
Price Realized: $2,880.00
($2,400 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.
Outstanding Four-Gallon Stoneware "Gin" Cooler with Profuse Cobalt Floral Decoration, Northeastern U.S origin, circa 1850, cylindrical, jug-form cooler with stepped circular bunghole, decorated with a large slip-trailed design of a flowering plant, embellished with spots and radiating trails. Elaborate scrolled foliate decoration emanating from bunghole. Shoulder inscribed, "Gin," below a script 4. Includes early metal spigot. Excellent form, decoration, and color. Excellent, essentially as-made condition with a glazed-over base chip on reverse and some minor bubbling to cobalt. Stopper in spout. H 18".
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