Circa Mid 19th Century: This rare folk art painted trade sign was found in Petersburg, Virginia, in the Tidewater region and is repurposed from a raised panel shutter including its cast iron catch and retaining its original painted surface with black lettering on a white ground.
For Sale: $4,750
Circa 1870s-1890s: Decorated top to bottom with five freehand stripes, a capacity mark, and rarely encountered stencil decorations for both potter and merchant, this beautiful 16" tall four gallon churn has a great gray coloration and contrasting dark blue cobalt.
For Sale: $3,950
Circa 1880s: West Virginia stoneware collectors love their local merchant jars, and this 15" tall four gallon storage jar made for "A.W. Kidd and Sons, dealers in stoves, grates and general hard ware" in Jackson C.H. (now Ripley), West Virginia, is desirable because jars from towns that no longer exist or have been renamed are scarce and fewer large pieces were manufactured.
For Sale: $3,850
Circa 1895-1925: The Arts and Crafts movement was extremely popular in America from the mid 1890s through the first quarter of the 20th century, and the nation was ablaze with a myriad of businesses selling craftsman furniture, lamps, pottery, metalwork, and other products.
For Sale: $3,250
Circa 1880s-1890s: This four-color single sided 19th century Dress Making trade sign with acornesque cut out ends in original dry, untouched painted surface is fashioned from a single poplar board. The sign has a white ground and is bordered in black.
For Sale: $3,150
Circa 2nd Quarter 20th Century: This snazzy double sided wooden trade sign has fantastic visual appeal with its figural cut out, black lettering on a white ground, and thin green pinstriped border that mimics the popular neon signs of the era.
For Sale: $1,995
Circa 1870-1890: This fantastic 8.75" tall half gallon wax sealer advertises the Maysville Kentucky merchant Bierbower and Company, who sold "stoves, tinware &c." at 39 Market Street in the thriving business district a stone's throw from the banks of the Ohio River.
For Sale: $1,875
Circa 1875: West Virginia stoneware collectors love their local merchant jugs, and this two gallon stencil decorated jug made for "Louis P Frobe / Wines and Liquors / 1041 Market St / Wheeling W VA" is a terriffic example of the wares produced for over 100 different merchants in Wheeling in the last quarter of the 19th century.
For Sale: $1,795
Circa 1880s: Ohio stoneware collectors are always looking for something different to scratch their itch, and this bottle form half gallon tanware jug made in Southwest Pennsylvania for Pomeroy, Ohio merchant J. A. Franz is a rare find, indeed.
For Sale: $1,750
Circa 1880-1895: James Benjamin was a successful Cincinnati stoneware merchant in the final quarter of the 19th century, and he contracted stoneware from Ohio stoneware potteries to sell at his Wholesale Stoneware Depot at No. 14 Water Street, close to the Ohio River in the state's Queen City.
For Sale: $1,695
Circa 1880-1920: This petite blacksmith made sheet iron occupational pipe maker's trade sign has a fantastic untouched weathered surface with remnants of its original white paint and would have hung above the shop's entryway.
For Sale: $1,650
Circa 1870s: Likely made by James Hamilton and Company in Greensboro PA, this rare one gallon stencil decorated jug advertises Michael Moore's General Store in Proctor, West Virginia, a small unincorporated town on the Ohio River in Wetzel County.
For Sale: $1,475
Circa 1890s: This handsome two gallon stoneware jug is an advertisement for Louis P. Frobe's liquor store at 1041 Market Street in Wheeling, West Virginia.
For Sale: $1,295
Circa 1880: This 37" x 8" 19th century double sided Steamship Agent & Foreign Money Orders trade sign in original red, black, and gray weathered paint decoration has breadboard ends attached with hand cut nails.
For Sale: $1,250
Circa 1900-1925: Smoking was much more prevalent and socially acceptable 100 years ago than it is today, and this NO SMOKING / ALLOWED IN HERE sign (in different fonts no less) , which most probably was nailed over a shop's doorway and certainly cast its stern proclamation to all who entered, seems dryly humorous when viewing it from a 21st century perspective.
For Sale: $995
Circa 1890-1910: Measuring approximately 24"L x 18"H, this handsome black and gold single sided tin sign was manufactured by New York's Sentenne & Green.
For Sale: $795
Circa 1915: Measuring 11.5" in length, this unusual black, green, and silver figural pencil case with a neat screw off nickle silver top was made by the American Pencil Company, which was founded in 1861 by Edward Weissenborn and sold to the Reckford family in 1885.
For Sale: $425
Circa 1876-1880: After the last pottery in Alexandria, Virginia, shut its doors in 1876, long time local merchant E.J. Miller & Son began to commission their salt glazed stoneware from the storied Greensboro, Pennsylvania pottery firm James Hamilton & Company.
Sale Pending
Bob Zordani and Heidi Kellner: (217) 714-5016, Lexington, Virginia: zandk@zandkantiques.com
