Lot of Four: Miniature Stoneware Jugs incl. "Maryland Dutch Distillery Rye," "Metropolitan Club Whiskey," Bennington Little Brown Jugs

Summer 2020 Stoneware Auction

Lot #: 410

Price Realized: $210.00

($175 hammer, plus 20% buyer's premium)

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Four Miniature Stoneware Jugs, American, late 19th and early 20th centuries, two Albany-slip-glazed jugs, each incised "Little Brown Jug," attributed to the Norton Family, Bennington, VT, circa 1875; an Albany-slip-glazed jug with paper label advertising "OLD / Maryland Dutch Distillery Rye / 1877.," late 19th century; and a Bristol-slip-glazed jug with the cobalt advertising "METROPOLITAN / CLUB WHISKEY / BLEND / FREIBERG & KAHN / CINCINNATI, OHIO," circa 1900. One little brown jug in excellent condition with very minor base chipping. Other little brown jug in excellent condition with extremely minor base wear. Paper-labeled jug with losses to label. Ohio jug in excellent, essentially as-made condition. H (of tallest) 3 1/8".