Lot #: 226
Price Realized: $1,920.00
($1,600 hammer, plus 20% buyer's premium)
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Very Rare Small-Sized Cobalt-Decorated Stoneware Canning Jar with Ravenswood, WV Advertising, attributed to T.F. Reppert, Greensboro, PA origin, circa 1880, cylindrical jar with inner "wax sealer" rim, featuring the stenciled advertising, "H.L. VANMATRE. / & CO. / DRY GOODS AND / GROCERIES, / [QUE]EN'S AND STON. / RAVENSWOOD. W. V." Stenciled tulip motifs at shoulder. Stenciled block designs at base. Desirable size and form, featuring rarely-seen Ravenswood, West Virginia advertising with excellent coverage of stenciling over the jar's front. Includes tin lid. Provenance: From a fifty-year West Virginia collection. Tiny chips to inner wax sealer rim. A small base chip and two tiny base nicks, one of which is glazed over. H 6 1/2".
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