Lot #: 211
Price Realized: $488.75
($425 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.
Lot of Two Half-Gallon Stoneware Jars with Brooklyn, NY Advertising, probably New York City origin, circa 1870-1885, both of similar cylindrical form, one featuring the cobalt-highlighted advertising "W.B. HARTOUGH / CHINA GLASS CROCKERY / AND EARTHENWARE / C33 MYRTLE AVE / BROOKLYN"; the other impressed with cobalt-highlighted advertising "J. WEINER / 675 DEKALB AVE / BROOKLYN". Both in excellent, essentially as-made condition. Hartough jar with 3/4", glazed-over line at base on reverse. H (of Hartough jar) 8".
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