Lot #: 338
Price Realized: $287.50
($250 hammer, plus 15% buyer's premium)
PLEASE NOTE: This result is 15 years old, and the American ceramics market frequently changes. Additionally, small nuances of color, condition, shape, etc. can mean huge differences in price. If you're interested in having us sell a similar item for you, please contact us here.
Small-Sized Bristol Slip Stoneware Keg with Philadelphia Advertising, molded keg with wide opening on top surface and holes at the rim to hold a metal bail handle, decorated with cobalt bands over whitish Bristol slip ground. Black-colored advertising reads "SELECTED QUEEN OLIVES. CHOICE FRUIT. / Philadelphia Pickling Co. / 262 & 24 So. 2nd St. / PHILADELPHIA, PA." Essentially as-made condition with some in-the-making base chips and traces of red paint to surface. H 7".
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