Lot #: 211
Price Realized: $488.75
($425 hammer, plus 15% buyer's premium)
PLEASE NOTE: This result is 9 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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