Lot #: 129
Price Realized: $780.00
($650 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 Stoneware Jug with Eastern Shore of Maryland Advertising, attributed to Peter Herrmann, Baltimore, MD, circa 1875, cylindrical jug with tooled spout, featuring the impressed and cobalt-highlighted advertising, "FROM E S JOHNSON / DEALER IN DRY GOODS / GROCERIES&C / EAST NEW MARKET / MD." East New Market is a small town located six miles from Cambridge, Maryland, in Dorchester County on the state's Eastern Shore. Excellent condition with a few smooth, unglazed in-the-firing contact marks to surface, a shallow 5/8" chip to underside, and a tiny chip to molding at base of spout. H 9 3/4".
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