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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Bronwen, post: 416949, member: 5833&quot;]It looks to me like a genuinely old drinking water dispenser.&nbsp; The back is unfinished, so it was expected to sit against a wall.&nbsp; The stoneware would have helped keep it cold.&nbsp; I don&#039;t know if marking it H2O was just facetious or it was likely to be used in a place where there were containers of stuff you would not want to drink.</p><p><br /></p><p>This is the same idea:</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.antiqueadvertisingexpert.com/western-boiler-pipe-company-outstanding-pottery-ice-cooler/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.antiqueadvertisingexpert.com/western-boiler-pipe-company-outstanding-pottery-ice-cooler/" rel="nofollow">https://www.antiqueadvertisingexpert.com/western-boiler-pipe-company-outstanding-pottery-ice-cooler/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.antiqueadvertisingexpert.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/Western-Boiling-Pipe-Ice-Water-Jug-Monmouth-IL.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Guessing there would have to have been another piece, maybe a short hose, now lost/disintegrated.</p><p><br /></p><p>I see two small holes plugged with corks, one on the top, one near the spout.&nbsp; There is also a hole in the photo with the symbols on container.&nbsp; Is that a third hole?&nbsp; Where is it?</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.google.com/search?client=firefox-b-1&amp;tbm=isch&amp;sa=1&amp;ei=I9jKW8fSEbLt5gKjgIaADg&amp;q=antique+drinking+water+dispenser+stoneware&amp;oq=antique+drinking+water+dispenser+stoneware&amp;gs_l=img.12...633422.635956..639169...0.0..0.65.571.10......1....1..gws-wiz-img.U08f6gkETjY" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.google.com/search?client=firefox-b-1&amp;tbm=isch&amp;sa=1&amp;ei=I9jKW8fSEbLt5gKjgIaADg&amp;q=antique+drinking+water+dispenser+stoneware&amp;oq=antique+drinking+water+dispenser+stoneware&amp;gs_l=img.12...633422.635956..639169...0.0..0.65.571.10......1....1..gws-wiz-img.U08f6gkETjY" rel="nofollow">https://www.google.com/search?client=firefox-b-1&amp;tbm=isch&amp;sa=1&amp;ei=I9jKW8fSEbLt5gKjgIaADg&amp;q=antique+drinking+water+dispenser+stoneware&amp;oq=antique+drinking+water+dispenser+stoneware&amp;gs_l=img.12...633422.635956..639169...0.0..0.65.571.10......1....1..gws-wiz-img.U08f6gkETjY</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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