Lot #: 418
Price Realized: $413.00
($350 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.
Three Impressed Stoneware Jugs, American, 19th century, an unusual one-gallon jug with the cobalt-highlighted advertising, "UNFERMENTED / COMMUNION. WINE / A,HALE / CLAREMONT N.H," Northeastern U.S. origin; a small Albany-slip-glazed jug, stamped "A. STANDISH / TAUNTON, MASS.;" and a two-gallon jug with the cobalt-highlighted advertising, "THOMAS M GREEN & BRO / IMPORTERS & DEALERS IN / WINES LIQUORS & GROCERIES / NO 86 W BALTIMORE ST," Baltimore, MD origin. Communion wine jug with a chip to exterior of rim and a minor nick to interior of rim. Standish jug in excellent, essentially as-made condition. Thomas M. Green jug in as-made condition with a salt drip to handle.
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