Lot #: 534
Price Realized: $472.00
($400 hammer, plus 18% buyer's premium)
PLEASE NOTE: This result is 7 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.
Eight Miniature Advertising Jugs, American, late 19th or early 20th century, an Albany-slip-glazed scratch jug with incised inscription, "Blue Grass Belle Vinegar / From Hunter & Ca. / Roanoke / Va." ; a Bristol-slip-glazed jug with cobalt advertising for "B.B. DILLARD'S / WHOLESALE HOUSE / 187 SALEM AVE.-W. / ROANOKE, -- VA."; a Bristol-slip-glazed jug with cobalt advertising for "THE O.L. GREGORY / VINEGAR CO. / ELKO COUNTY / PURE APPLE JUICE / VINEGAR / PADUCAH, KY."; a brown-and-white jug with cobalt advertising, reading "COMPLIMENTS OF / JOHN W. WALKER / S. W. COR. LINDEN & NORTH AVE. / BALTIMORE, - MD."; a brown-and-white jug with black-glazed advertising for "JONES BROS. & CO. / MANUFACTURERS OF / Cider & Vinegar. / LOUISVILLE, KY."; a brown-and-white jug with cobalt advertising, reading "'JUST RIGHT' / KRAUS & CO'S / WINES AND LIQUORS, / 1133 MARKET ST. / WHEELING, W. VA.".; and two brown-and-white "motto jugs" for the Detrick Distilling Co., Dayton, Ohio. All in very good to excellent condition. H (of Roanoke, VA jug) 3 3/8".
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