Lot #: 317
Price Realized: $126.50
($110 hammer, plus 15% buyer's premium)
PLEASE NOTE: This result is 13 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 Bottles, Northeastern U.S. origin, third quarter 19th century, one impressed with the cobalt-highlighted advertising "SMITHS / WHITEROOT / PAT JULY.17.66 / ITD & CO" (including an error in which "SMI" from "SMITHS" is impressed to the left of the advertising); paired with a bottle with cobalt-highlighted top and the name "L.S. BALDWIN". Whiteroot bottle in excellent condition with minor glazed-over spout nick. Baldwin bottle in excellent condition with staining. H (of shorter bottle) 10".
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