Lot #: 128
Price Realized: $1,140.00
($950 hammer, plus 20% buyer's premium)
PLEASE NOTE: This result is 4 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.
Very Rare Small-Sized Gettysburg, PA Stoneware Advertising Jug, attributed to Peter Herrmann, Baltimore, MD, circa 1875, cylindrical jug with tooled spout, featuring the impressed and cobalt-highlighted advertising, "FROM / WILLIAM J MARTIN / DEALER IN GROCERIES / LIQUORS &C / GETTYSBURG PA." The first Gettysburg, PA stoneware advertising jug that we have ever offered. Excellent, essentially as-made condition with two minor base chips that occurred in the firing. H 8".
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