Lot #: 98
Price Realized: $373.75
($325 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.
Two Unusual New York City Stoneware Druggist's Jars, Northeastern U.S. origin, circa 1835, both with Albany-slip-glazed surfaces, a diminutive bulbous jar, stamped "THOMAS & MAXWELL / SUCCESSORS TO / JAMES S ASPINWALL / DRUGGISTS & CHEMISTS / NO 86 WILLIAM ST N Y", paired with a small-sized, cylindrical jar, stamped "JAMES S. ASPINWALL, / DRUGGISTS & C. / NO. 86 WILLIAM St. NEW YORK". Bulbous jar includes wooden stopper. A nice pair of early New York City druggist jars, featuring advertising from the same location. Bulbous jar with two small in-the-firing contact marks and some restoration to rim. Cylindrical jar with a few rim chips, a base chip and minor base nicks, and a small iron ping to right side. H (of bulbous jar) 5".
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