Large antique E. Murdock & Co. country kitchen pine pantry box with original brown wash finish. 19th century. Amazing original condition. No cracks, repairs and never waxed. The stamp on the lid is difficult to read from natural wear. Measures 9.75 inches across and 5.75 inches high. E. Murdock & Company was founded by Elisha Murdock in 1834. Murdock was from Winchendon, Massachusetts, a small town outside of Boston. He was the third child of Ephraim and Zibah Murdock. He was born on August 27, 1802.
Five gallon stoneware jug stamped Demelman, Fuchs & Co. / 6 Broad St. Boston. The company was a wholesale liquor supplier in Boston circa 1880. Very good condition with a few chips on the neck rim. Height is 19.75".
Antique S. B. Bosworth 2 gallon stoneware jug. Hartford, CT, circa 1880. Cobalt floral decoration. No base chips, hairlines, cracks, or repairs. Measures 13.5" high. Seymour Bosworth operated the pottery in Hartford under his name from approximately 1880 to 1890 (see William Ketchum Jr., American Stoneware, page 61).
Large Staffordshire purple luster sporting jug circa 1810-15. Hunters, game and dogs in a landscape in molded relief. Measures 8 inches high x 7.5 inches wide x 6 inches deep. Please see The Burnap Collection of English Pottery, 1967, no. 878, for the same jug without the luster.
17th to 18th century steel and brass Spanish Colonial horse stirrups. Hand made by a master blacksmith. Note the cut-out steel brackets set with steel pins. Each stirrup measures 6.5 inches high, 7.5 inches long and 5 inches deep. Excellent condition.