Lot 744: Swift's Arsenate Lead Poison Stoneware Jar

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Sold for A$25

Poison / Manufactured only by the / 5 (S and Anchor) Lbs. / Swift's / Arsenate of / Lead / Merrimac Chemical Co., Boston, U.S.A. Poison Stoneware All white. Black print. 10 pounds. 194 mm. 1920s

Excellent. I thought we had sold a couple of these, but the three we have sold were all smaller 5 pound versions! This has a brown internal glaze from manufacture. Couple of little under base flakes I believe to be from making. Couple of tiny blow outs to rear. Some dark patches of stain and crazing. There is a patch of tiny glaze flakes to the front right upper body. Grade: 8 Estimate: $30 - 40
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