Early Salt Glazed Advertising Stoneware Merchant Jug Preserve Jar CHICAGO ILL

  

Available for sale is an early salt glazed stoneware preserve jar. The advertising merchant jar is stenciled in blue with 3/4" block lettering & reads "THE Q. - WHOLESALE DEALERS IN GENERAL MERCHANDISE -- 55 - 59 WABASH AVE. The stenciling has been lightly applied but is certainly legible. It measures 9 3/8" in height, 7 1/4" diameter base, & dates from 1870 - 1895.

It's approximately a one & half gallon size jar. The jug is in excellent condition with a single 1/2 shallow flake on the inside rim (see Pic).

It displays well with six (6) lines of advertisement. Early salt glazed containers from this era are seldom seen. The item "Early Salt Glazed Advertising Stoneware Merchant Jug Preserve Jar CHICAGO ILL" is in sale since Thursday, May 11, 2017. This item is in the category "Antiques\Decorative Arts\Ceramics & Porcelain\Crocks". The seller is "tebfam044" and is located in Aurora, Ohio. This item can be shipped to United States.