Lot #: 294
Price Realized: $2,185.00
($1,900 hammer, plus 15% buyer's premium)
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Very Rare Petroleum Centre, PA Stoneware Advertising Jug, Western PA origin, circa 1875, ovoid jug with tooled spout and open strap handles, featuring the stenciled cobalt inscription "From / OWEN GAFFNEY / Wholesale / LIQUOR DEALER / PETROLEUM CENTRE, Pa.". Decorated above with freehand vining and graduated wavy stripes. Base with freehand number 4, flanked by dashes and underscored by a cobalt stripe. Cobalt highlights to lower handle terminals. Highly unusual advertising with particularly crisp stenciling. One handle restored. Some restoration to spout. An in-the-firing contact mark to shoulder. H 18 1/2".
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