Lot #: 46
Price Realized: $402.50
($350 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.
Unusual Cobalt-Decorated Stoneware Mug, Stamped "ATLANTIC GARDEN / 50 / BOWERY", New York City or New York State origin, circa 1860, barrel-form mug with cobalt-highlighted banding, impressed with the cobalt-highlighted advertising, "ATLANTIC GARDEN / 50 / BOWERY" within a cartouche. Atlantic Garden was a beer and music hall established in New York City's Bowery by William Kramer in 1858. Popular with German immigrants, it was housed in the building that originally held the colonial-era Bull's Head Tavern. George Washington used the tavern as a temporary headquarters in 1783 as British troops evacuated Manhattan. Two 1 1/4" cracks from rim. Rim chips. H 5 3/8".
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