Lot #: 441
Price Realized: $690.00
($600 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.
Rare One-Quart Westminster, MD Stoneware Advertising Jug, Baltimore, MD origin, circa 1875, small-sized, cylindrical jug with tooled spout and applied handle, featuring the impressed and cobalt-highlighted advertising "A.C. STRASBURGER / WINES AND LIQUORS / CIGARS AND TOBACCO / WESTMINSTER MD". Excellent size and difficult-to-find Westerminster, MD advertising. Spidering hairlines around base. Chip to top of spout. Small base chip. Contact mark on side of jug. H 8 1/4".
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