Lot #: 285
Price Realized: $720.00
($600 hammer, plus 20% buyer's premium)
PLEASE NOTE: The American ceramics market frequently changes, often dramatically. 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.
Scarce Two-Gallon Stoneware Water Cooler with Elaborate Cobalt Floral Decoration, Philadelphia, PA origin, probably Remmey family, circa 1850, cylindrical form with footed base, heavily-tooled shoulder, squared rim, applied lug handles, and tubular bunghole; brush-decorated with a large three-stemmed flowering plant ascending from the bunghole. Cobalt highlights around bunghole and at handle terminals. A curving line of cobalt beneath each handle. Reverse with a large fan-shaped floral motif. Outstanding decoration and exceptional size. Two short, minor lines to bunghole. A tiny chip to interior of bunghole. Rim chips. Hairlines in underside. Interior base with a worn spot to center and edge of interior wall. A 1 1/2" in-the-firing flake to underside at edge and a small piece of adhered clay to underside. H 11 3/4".
Click images to enlarge.
A Few of the Related Items We've Sold
Outstanding Remmey (Philadelphia) Stoneware Presentation Bank w/ Incised Bird
Fine Philadelphia Slip-Decorated Redware Plate, late 18th / early 19th century
Important Charles Decker (Tennessee) Stoneware Pitcher for Henry Harrison "Harry" Remmey
Richard C. Remmey, Philadelphia Stoneware Bank w/ Bird Finial
Important Philadelphia Redware Abolitionist Charger: "Remember Him that is in Bonds"
Exceptional 2 Gal. Stoneware Chick Waterer, attrib. Richard C. Remmey, Philadelphia, PA
Exceptional Slip-Decorated Philadelphia Redware Loaf Dish, 18th century
Exceedingly Rare Richard Remmey, Philadelphia, Stoneware Puzzle Mug
