Lot #: 380
Price Realized: $230.00
($200 hammer, plus 15% buyer's premium)
PLEASE NOTE: This result is 12 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 Jugs, Including a Rare Signed Remmey Advertising Jug, circa 1875, quart-sized stoneware jug with rounded shoulder and semi-squared rim, featuring the impressed and cobalt-highlighted advertising "J.P. MCGOVERN, / GROCER, / NO. 2134 Market, St. / PHILADA," additional impressed "R.C.R. / PHILA" at base. Paired with an undecorated ovoid jug, possibly German. Remmey jug in excellent condition. Chips to other jug.
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