Union Porcelain Works and Gate City Stone Filter Company
Water Cooler
1879
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Physical Qualities
Glazed porcelain, unglazed stoneware, Fully assembled: 25 1/2 x 14 1/8 x 12 1/2 in. (64.8 x 35.9 x 31.8 cm) Basin: 8 7/8 x 12 1/2 x 12 1/4 in. (22.5 x 31.8 x 31.1 cm) Ice chamber: 13 1/4 x 14 1/8 x 10 7/8 in. (33.7 x 35.9 x 27.6 cm) Lid: 10 1/8 x 10 1/8 x 4 in. (25.7 x 25.7 x 10.2 cm)
Credit Line
Purchase with exchange funds from Bequest of Margaret D. Morriss; Charlotte B. Filbert Bequest Fund, Middendorf Foundation Fund, and Decorative Arts Acquisitions Endowment established by the Friends of the American Wing
Object Number
1999.145
Colorfully decorated in 'Oriental motif' with flowers, insects, water, fish, etc...
Post Road Gallery, Larchmont, New York
Inscribed: BASE, top, back, (painted), 'GATE CITY/STONE FILTER/PAT. APL 20 83'
Manufacturer
Gate City Stone Filter Company
American, active c.1882-unknown
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