A Rare Incised and Cobalt Blue Decorated Stoneware Water Cooler, Impressed Somerset, Pottery Works, second half, 19th century A Rare Incised and Cobalt Blue Decorated Stoneware Water Cooler, Impressed Somerset, Pottery Works, second half, 19th century

the baluster form with tall neck decorated with cobalt tulips and striped handles; the body with incised birds perched on four leaves; outlined with brushings of cobalt blue; fitted with a metal spigot; cracks in neck and flaking on back and interior.

star; firing tears; chips; scaling
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