Lot #: 178
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×Sold! $3,500.
Extremely Rare Three-Gallon Stoneware Water Cooler with Cobalt Floral Decoration, Stamped "M. & T. MILLER / NEWPORT, PA," circa 1870, semi-ovoid form with tooling to upper body, applied lug handles, semi-rounded rim, and circular bunghole, brush-decorated with a leaf stem bearing three different flower blossoms. Cobalt highlights to maker's mark, capacity mark, and handle terminals. Impressed a second time with a three-gallon capacity mark on top of rim. The first M. & T. Miller example of this form that we have offered. Includes wooden spigot. A 1" flake to front of bunghole. An in-the-firing contact mark to proper left side of cooler's front including some adhered clay residue. Three small chips to interior of rim. A few base chips. A small chip to proper right handle. A 3/4" shallow flake to proper left handle. H 12 1/2".