Lot #: 195
Price Realized: $460.00
($400 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.
Rare Three-Gallon Poughkeepsie, NY Stoneware Advertising Jug, attributed to Ethan S. Fox, Athens, NY, circa 1840, ovoid jug with semi-squared spout, impressed with the cobalt-highlighted advertising "E J BOOTH / GROCER / CORNER WASHINGTON / & MAIN ST 225 / POUGHKEEPSIE". Front decorated with a large fan-shaped floral design characteristic of pieces made by Ethan S. Fox of Athens, NY. A good example of New York State advertising stoneware. A large sealed horizontal crack extending from left side of jug across reverse and onto right side of jug. Some fry to cobalt. Minor chipping to base on reverse. A chip to underside. Some extremely minor spout wear. Some faint in-the-firing surface lines, which do not extend through body of jug.
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