Lot #: 159
Price Realized: $720.00
($600 hammer, plus 20% buyer's premium)
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Four-Gallon Providence, RI Stoneware Advertising Jar with Cobalt Wreath and 1885 Date, NY State origin, 1885, semi-ovoid jar with tooled shoulder, flaring semi-rounded rim, and applied lug handles, decorated with a slip-trailed design of a wreath surrounding the date, "1885." Cobalt highlights to maker's mark and capacity mark. Two rim chips. A small in-the-firing ping to proper right side of jar's rim. Some water glass staining to surface. H 14".
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