Lot #: 267
Price Realized: $590.00
($500 hammer, plus 18% buyer's premium)
PLEASE NOTE: This result is 5 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.
Two-Gallon Cobalt-Decorated Stoneware Jug with Wheeling, WV Advertising, Western PA origin, circa 1875, ovoid jug with tooled shoulder, featuring the stenciled cobalt advertising, "HORKHEIMER BRO'S. / DISTILLERS & IMPORTERS / OF WINES / BRANDIES, / WHISKIES & GIN. / 1152 WATER ST. 1,3 & 5 12th ST / WHEELING. W. VA." Freehand wavy and straight stripe decoration to shoulder and base. Stenciled "2" flanked by foliate devices at base. Cobalt highlight to upper handle terminal. A chip to top and side of spout. Chip to spout molding on reverse. Two in-the-firing surface chips to shoulder.
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