Lot #: 156
Price Realized: $460.00
($400 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.
Extremely Rare Stoneware Pickles Jar with Astoria, Long Island, New York Advertising, New York State origin, circa 1875, half-gallon, cylindrical jar with tooled shoulder and flared rim, impressed with the cobalt-highlighted advertising "PICKELS PREPARED / BY PRYER BROS / ASTORIA LI". Extremely rare Long Island advertising with desirable subject matter. Includes salt-glazed lid. Long spider lines to right side of jar. Lid with in-the-firing lines, an in-the-firing contact mark to edge, and a tiny nick. H 7 3/8".
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