Lot #: 41
Price Realized: $172.50
($150 hammer, plus 15% buyer's premium)
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Two Lancaster, PA Stoneware Advertising Jugs, American, circa 1900, both with brown-and-white slip glaze, one featuring the cobalt advertising "C.A. DORSHEIMER. / WHOLESALE LIQUOR DEALER / 452 E. KING ST. / LANCASTER, PA", the other featuring the cobalt advertising "CHAS. A. GROVE / WHOLESALE / LIQUOR DEALER / No. 15 CENTRE SQUARE / LANCASTER, PA.". Provenance: David Musser Collection. Dorsheimer jug with small spout chip and light wear to base of handle. Grove jug with heavily-chipped area to edge of shoulder molding. H (of Dorsheimer jug) 11".
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