Lot #: 264
Price Realized: $230.00
($200 hammer, plus 15% buyer's premium)
PLEASE NOTE: This result is 14 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.
Rare Halethorpe, MD Stoneware Jug, Baltimore, MD origin, circa 1875, squat-shaped jug with tooled spout, impressed with the cobalt-highlighted words "AMYL KIJIO / LABORATORIES / HALETHROPE (sic) / MD." This jug is the only example of Halethorpe, MD advertising stoneware, and the only example of Baltimore chemical stoneware, we have seen. Some light flakes to shoulder and an in-the-making scratch to clay on shoulder. Two minor, in-the-firing lines in handle. H 9 1/2".
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