Very Rare EAST NEW MARKET, MD (Eastern Shore) Stoneware Advertising Jug, made in Baltimore

Fall 2020 Stoneware Auction

Lot #: 129

Price Realized: $780.00

($650 hammer, plus 20% buyer's premium)

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Very Rare Stoneware Jug with Eastern Shore of Maryland Advertising, attributed to Peter Herrmann, Baltimore, MD, circa 1875, cylindrical jug with tooled spout, featuring the impressed and cobalt-highlighted advertising, "FROM E S JOHNSON / DEALER IN DRY GOODS / GROCERIES&C / EAST NEW MARKET / MD." East New Market is a small town located six miles from Cambridge, Maryland, in Dorchester County on the state's Eastern Shore. Excellent condition with a few smooth, unglazed in-the-firing contact marks to surface, a shallow 5/8" chip to underside, and a tiny chip to molding at base of spout. H 9 3/4".



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