Lot #: 175
Price Realized: $600.00
($500 hammer, plus 20% buyer's premium)
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Rare One-Gallon Cobalt-Decorated Stoneware Jar with Point Pleasant, WV Advertising, Western PA origin, circa 1880, semi-ovoid jar with tooled shoulder and semi-rounded rim, featuring the stenciled advertising, "B. FRANKLIN . / DEALER IN / DRY GOODS, GROCERIES / & C. / POINT PLEASANT, W.VA." Freehand stripes above and below. Only the second example of stoneware that we have offered advertising this town. Two chips to interior of rim. A 3 1/2" x 4" X-shaped crack on underside, forming an approximately 3 1/2" x 1 7/8" T-shaped crack at base on reverse. Later ink notation on underside. A 1 1/2" filled and colored chip to interior of rim. A 2 1/2" filled and colored chip to exterior of rim. A minor, glazed-over nick to center of front. H 9 7/8".
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