Lot #: 442
Price Realized: $330.00
($275 hammer, plus 20% buyer's premium)
PLEASE NOTE: This result is 3 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.
Two One-Gallon Stoneware Jars with Pittsburgh, PA Advertising, Western PA origin, circa 1875, one with freehand stripe decoration, stenciled "DAUB & SULZNER / GROCERY / & / MEAT MARKET / 204 SMITHFIELD ST. / PiTTS.;" the other stenciled "FROM / HENRY SCHORNHERS / GROCERIES / 43 BEDFORD. / AVE / PITTS. PA." Meat market jar with restored top-to-bottom crack on front, which is unrestored on underside. Restoration includes touch-up to some cobalt. Additionally, a tiny nick to inner rim for lid. Other jar with an approximately 5" diagonal crack from rim, some faintness to cobalt at base stenciling, staining to reverse, and a minuscule nick to shoulder molding. H (of taller jar) 9 3/4".
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