Lot #: 358
Price Realized: $767.00
($650 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.
Large-Sized Stoneware Match Safe with Detroit, MI Advertising, attributed to the Whites Pottery, Utica, NY, late 19th century, wide, tapered-form with impressed and cobalt-highlighted insignias on the front and reverse, depicting an altar with wings, inscribed with the letter "G", surmounted by a chalice of beer. Impressed at base with the cobalt-highlighted advertising, "Goebel Brewing Co. Detroit, Mich." Excellent condition with a small flake at base under one of the "Detroit, Mich." stamps. H 5 1/4" ; Diam. (at base) 6 3/8".
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