Lot #: 53
Price Realized: $258.75
($225 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.
Four Stoneware Bottles, American, 19th century, one with cobalt-highlighted mark, "DURFEE'S / KNICKERBOCKER / ROOT BEER"; one stamped "JOHN BOLD"; one with cobalt band and the cobalt-highlighted mark, "SMITH'S WHITE ROOT BEER"; and with the cobalt-highlighted mark, "SMITH'S WHITE ROOT / PAT'D JULY 17'66". Durfee bottle with firing flaws and wear to shoulder. Bold bottle with a few surface nicks and in-the-firing chipping to base. Cobalt-banded Smith's bottle in as-made condition with in-the-firing residue to underside and a minor glazed-over spout nick. Other Smith's bottle with some staining to base and shallow chipping to base. H (of Bold bottle) 10 3/4".
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