Lot #: 418
Price Realized: $69.00
($60 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.
Two Bristol Slip Glazed Stoneware Advertising Jugs, American, late 19th or early 20th century, one featuring the advertising "BENJ. KRZYKWA / WHOLESALE / LIQUOR DEALER / SPRINGFIELD, / SHAMOKIN, PA." The other impressed "E" on reverse base, and featuring the advertising "THE / CALIFORNIA WINE HOUSE / H.T. DREWES. / No. 98 MONTICELLO AVE., J.C.," with "J.C." likely referring to Jersey City, New Jersey. Shamokin jug with numerous small chips to shoulder as well as a 1 1/4" shoulder flake, along with a tiny spout nick or stone ping, and a 3/8" line on top of spout. J.C. jug has chipping to shoulder. H (of Shamokin jug) 9 1/4".
Click images to enlarge.
A Few of the Related Items We've Sold
Fine Three-Gallon Stoneware Jug with Incised Bird Decoration, probably New Jersey, c1815
Very Rare WARNE / S. AMBOY. N. JERSY Three-Gallon Stoneware Jar
Extremely Rare New Jersey Stoneware Jug w/ Cobalt Letter "K," possibly Kemple Pottery, Ringoes
Exceptional and Important 18th Century Stoneware Watchspring Jar, probably Cheesequake, New Jersey
Rare 1/2 Gal. Thomas Warne & Joshua Letts, South Amboy, NJ Jug, early 19th century
Exceptional Stoneware Presentation Bank Inscribed "VIRGINIA," probably New Jersey origin
Very Rare New York City Advertising Jug by C. C. LAWRENCE / PERTH AMBOY / N. JERSEY
