Lot #: 337
Price Realized: $575.00
($500 hammer, plus 15% buyer's premium)
PLEASE NOTE: This result is 11 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.
Rare and Fine Two-Gallon Stoneware Jug with Elaborate Rochester, NY Advertising, attributed to John Burger, Rochester, NY, circa 1860, ovoid jug with thick tapered spout, decorated with a slip-trailed flowering plant design featuring a central blossom and three buds. Slip-trailed "2." above. Shoulder impressed with the cobalt-highlighted advertising "J. COCHRANE. / WHOLESALE & RETAIL DEALER IN / GROCERIES & PROVISIONS. / WINES & LIQUORS &C,&C, / NO. 28 MAIN ST. ROCHESTER.". Examples of Burger advertising stoneware are much rarer than his signed work. Excellent, essentially as-made condition.
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