Lot #: 171
Price Realized: $172.50
($150 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, one with cobalt-highlighted spout, featuring the impressed and cobalt-highlighted advertising "M H SWIFT & Co / WHITE BEER"; the second impressed with cobalt-highlighted advertising "A.L, DRAKE". Swift bottle with shallow chip to end of word "BEER", possibly in-the-firing, a nick to spout, and circumferential wear at base of neck. Drake bottle in excellent condition with a bit of in-the-firing clay to neck and some traces old paint. H (of Swift bottle) 10 1/4".
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