Lot #: 442
Price Realized: $115.00
($100 hammer, plus 15% buyer's premium)
PLEASE NOTE: This result is 10 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 Cobalt-Decorated Stoneware Bottles, Northeastern U.S., second half 19th century, both with cobalt-highlighted spouts, one stamped "BOSTON Root Beer. / F. GLEASON.", the other impressed with the cobalt-highlighted date and name "1874 / COMSTOCK GOVE & CO.". Root Beer bottle with some crazing to base area, probably in-the-firing, and some fine lines to spout. 1874 bottle with light wear where neck meets body, some fry to cobalt in impressed name, and a small pre-firing dent in underside. H (of Root Beer bottle) 10 3/4".
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