Lot #: 250
Price Realized: $2,300.00
($2,000 hammer, plus 15% buyer's premium)
PLEASE NOTE: This result is 10 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 One-Gallon Wheeling, WV Stoneware Advertising Pitcher, Western PA origin, circa 1875, ovoid pitcher with tall, flaring collar and tooled rim, the body featuring the elaborate stenciled cobalt advertising \"CONNER & SNEDEKER. / STAPLE & FANCY / GROCERIES. / MARKET & FOURTEENTH / STREETS. / WHEELING, W. VA.\". Pitcher is freehand-decorated with vining above the stenciling, stripes at the rim, bottom of collar, and base of pitcher, and vertical swags along the collar and spout. Cobalt highlights to handle terminals. A highly unusual form in Western PA advertising stoneware, and the first Wheeling advertising pitcher we have ever offered. Essentially as-made condition. An in-the-firing separation to left side of lower handle terminal. Handle is still very stable. Some surface crazing to underside and base, possibly in-the-firing. A 1 3/4\" line at base on reverse.
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