LETART, W. VA Stoneware Stenciled Advertising Jar

Fall 2025 Stoneware Auction

Lot #: 362

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One-Gallon Cobalt-Decorated Stoneware Jar with Letart, WV Advertising, Western PA origin, circa 1885, cylindrical jar with tooled shoulder and flattened rim, featuring the stenciled advertising, "BRINKER BROS. / DEALER IN / GENERAL / MERCHANDISE. / LETART. / W .VA." Freehand stripe decoration above and below. A professionally-restored Y-shaped crack in underside, part of which extends to shoulder on jar's proper left side and part of which extends a short distance onto base on front. Additionally, part of the restored crack extends from the underside approximately 3" up the proper right side of the jar. The vast majority of the cobalt remains untouched. Some of the stripe at the base has been touched up and some of the far proper left edge of the stenciling is touched up. Rim is somewhat out-of-round. H 10".



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