Bidspirit auction | Songster's Sorghum Mills Two-Tone Stoneware
Songster's Sorghum Mills Two-Tone Stoneware Advertising Jug - A two-tone glazed stoneware advertising jug fitted with a cork stopper. The piece features a cylindrical body with an off-white cream glaze, a rounded shoulder, a short neck, and a loop handle, with the upper portion finished in a dark brown Albany-type slip glaze. The front is decorated with cobalt blue stenciled lettering reading SONGSTER'S STRAIGHT KENTUCKY SORGHUM IN THE HILLS OF KENTUCKY SONGSTER'S SORGHUM MILLS SPURRIER ROUTE 1 lb MILLERSTOWN, KY., flanked by two bird figures flanking the word STRAIGHT. The flat glazed base features faint, partially obscured impressed lettering that is not clearly legible. Height: approximately 5 1/2 inches to the top of the corkDiameter: approximately 3 1/4 inches across the base.