Extremely Rare ROOT'S GINGER SPRAY Baltimore Stoneware Advertising Cup

July 16, 2016 Stoneware Auction

Lot #: 103

Price Realized: $862.50

($750 hammer, plus 15% buyer's premium)

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Extremely Rare "ROOT,S GINGER SPRAY" Stoneware Cup, Baltimore, MD origin, circa 1875, small-sized, tapered cup, featuring the impressed and cobalt-highlighted advertising "ROOT'S GINGER SPRAY / BALTO ST NEAR LIGHT / BALTIMORE MD". One of a small number of "ROOT,S GINGER SPRAY" advertising pieces known. Exceptional in form and subject matter. Provenance: A fresh-to-the-market example, purchased by the consignor approximately twenty years ago. Two vertical hairlines from rim on front. Some restoration to rim and shoulder area on front, not affecting advertising. A small rim chip to reverse. A tight diagonal/horizontal surface line to base area, not visible on interior. H 3".




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