Lot #: 422
Price Realized: $57.50
($50 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 Stoneware Advertising Jugs, American, late 19th or early 20th century, one a Bristol slip glazed stoneware shoulder jug featuring the advertising "THIS JUG / IS THE PROPERTY OF / SIGEL, COOPER CO., / N.Y. / AND IS LOANED / NOT SOLD." The second a brown-and-white jug, impressed "SHERWOOD BROS. POTTERY / NEW BRIGHTON, PA.," featuring the advertising, which reads "H.A. Johnson Co. / HEADQUARTERS FOR / BAKERS & CONFECTIONERS / SUPPLIES / BOSTON - - MASS." NY jug with heavy chipping to edge on shoulder, a small base nick, and a shoulder nick with some lines extending through it. Boston jug with 3/4" base chip with 1 1/2" line extending from it, 2" and 1 3/4" lines at base, and a few short lines and a flake on underside. H (of Boston jug) 11 3/4".
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