Lot #: 136
Price Realized: $1,440.00
($1,200 hammer, plus 20% buyer's premium)
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Very Rare Two-Gallon Cobalt-Decorated Stoneware Jar with Felicity, OH Advertising, Greensboro, PA origin, circa 1880, semi-ovoid jar with tooled shoulder and semi-rounded rim, featuring the stenciled cobalt advertising, "H. FREDMAN, / GENERAL / MERCHANDISE, / FELICITY, OHIO." Freehand stripe decoration to upper body and base. Base with freehand "2" flanked by flourishes. Excellent condition with a 2" horizontal Y-shaped surface line to reverse, minor traces of paint and residue from use to surface, and a misshapen area to proper left side. H 11 1/2".
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