Lot #: 500
Price Realized: $360.00
($300 hammer, plus 20% buyer's premium)
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Stoneware Jug with Baltimore Ship Chandler's Advertising, Baltimore, MD origin, circa 1875, squat-shaped jug with tooled spout, featuring the impressed and cobalt-highlighted advertising, "GEO. H. EDGAR / SHIP CHANDLERS, / & GROCERS. / No 73 SMITH'S WHARF / BALTIMORE." Restored handle. Restored section to spout on reverse. An in-the-firing contact mark to proper left side of jug's front. H 9 1/2".
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