Lot #: 156
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.
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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