Water Cooler
Artist
White's Pottery
(American, active 1838 - 1907)
Date1885-1900
MediumStoneware
DimensionsOverall: 17 1/2 × 12in. (44.5 × 30.5cm)
ClassificationsCULINARY ARTIFACTS
Credit LineMuseum Purchase
Object number85.64.11.a-b
DescriptionStoneware water cooler and lid with Bristol glaze; cobalt floral decoration; hole for spigot; white glazed interior.On View
On viewCollections
Copyright<a rel="license" href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/"><img alt="Creative Commons License" style="border-width:0" src="https://i.creativecommons.org/l/by-nc/4.0/80x15.png" /></a><br />This work is licensed under a <a rel="license" href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/">Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License</a>.
Label TextIced beverages were a special pleasure in the years before refrigeration became common. Ice was harvested from the ponds and lakes of the Northeast each winter, and, by the 1850s, ice carts made regular rounds in the nation’s cities.
