Lot #: 170
Price Realized: $660.00
($550 hammer, plus 20% buyer's premium)
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Two-Gallon Stoneware Jar with Stenciled Cobalt DEMUTH'S SNUFF Advertising, Stamped "F.H. COWDEN / HARRISBURG," PA origin, circa 1880, cylindrical jar with tooled shoulder, flared rim, and applied lug handles, featuring the stenciled cobalt advertising, "DEMUTH'S / CELEBRATED / SNUFF / ESTABLISHED / 1770 / LANCASTER, PA." Cobalt highlights to maker's mark, capacity mark, and handle terminals. Some fry to cobalt. Staining to surface. Two very minor chips to exterior of rim. A small chip and minor nicks to inner rim for lid. A minor chip and nick to proper right handle. A small in-the-firing ping to "P" in "PA." H 12".
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