Unusual Small-Sized American Stoneware Keg w/ 1879 Inscription

Summer 2025 Stoneware Auction

Lot #: 273

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Cobalt-Decorated Stoneware Rundlet with Incised Inscription, Dated "M. 5 1879," American, 1879, wheel-thrown keg with raised banding, recessed top and bottom, and carved hole at center and top, decorated with brushed cobalt bands to the shoulder and base under a clear salt glaze. Underside incised with 1879 date and a name that appears to read "Cyrus Deem." We have found three men with this name in the 1880 federal census, two in Wood County, WV and one in Howard County, Indiana. Three small rim chips. H 4 3/4".



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