J. Fisher Lyons NY - Stoneware Jug – Cobalt - S Jacobson Whisky

Description: J. Fisher Lyons NY 2 Ga Stoneware Jug – Cobalt Decorated - S Jacobson – Buffalo NY - Whisky Dealer – Antique 19th c 2 Gallon Stoneware Jug Made and stamped: J. Fisher, Lyons, N.Y. Brushed cobalt decoration: S Jacobson 662 Williams St Buffalo NY Measures 13” tall x 8 ½” diameter (at base) Jacob Fisher: ran a pottery in Lyons, NY, from 1872-1902 (William Ketchum, Jr., American Stoneware, p. 74). Solomon Jacobson: was a prominent Buffalo, New York, whiskey dealer, began business as a rectifier and wholesaler of whiskey during the heyday of the Erie Canal and the Great Lakes sailing ships. Jacobson’s first Buffalo address was 662 Williams Street. (more background below) Uncommon 19th century cobalt decorated jug ‘advertising’ S Jacobson whisky… this example is hand thrown and freehand decorated… even the later cast jugs with transfer decoration are not common. Condition Overall Very Good Condition. No cracks, hairlines or repairs. One flake to side wall and a couple of glaze drips (in the making). Cobalt decoration is bright and distinct. Solomon Jacobson – additional background from the web Solomon Jacobson, a prominent Buffalo, New York, whiskey dealer, began business as a rectifier and wholesaler of whiskey during the heyday of the Erie Canal and the Great Lakes sailing ships. The port area teemed with dock workers and sailors, many of them hard drinking lads. Jacobson supplied spirits to the proliferation of sailors’ bars along Canal Street and adjoining avenues. During the latter half of the 1800s, the area was reputed to hold more than 100 saloons, brothels and dance halls. Jacobson’s first Buffalo address was 662 Williams Street, not far from Canal. He supplied saloons with liquor delivered in pottery jugs. Canal Street was a rough place. Hidden under its streets and back alleys were whiskey dens where young seamen, freshly landed off the Lakes, were lured, fed drugged drinks, robbed of their wads and sometimes murdered. Jacobson eventually opted for a less dangerous, more advantageous environment. Having prospered in the port area and with a growing reputation for the quality of his liquor, Jacobson moved his operation to 978-980 Broadway in 1900. The timely change offered him several important advantages: First, it gave him larger quarters for his rectifying activities and sales. Second, it put him closer to a new and rapidly growing client base, the large German and Polish immigrant population settling in Buffalo and living in the vicinity. Third, Jacobson must have intuited that the Broadway area soon would become the center of a major retail hub, eventually boasting the largest department store in the city. His liquor establishment was right in the midst of it all. Jacobson made a final move to an address about 1918 to Buffalo’s Washington Street. Again, he moved apparently because the timing was right. According to one observer: “As the neighborhood became more family oriented and new merchants were primarily retail clothiers, linens and housewares suppliers and grocers, Jacobson's business became less fitting for the area. Pressure from a major church located only a block away certainly helped influence the decision to move back closer to the downtown area.” Shortly thereafter, time ran out on Jacobson and his liquor business as National Prohibition was imposed and he was forced to close in 1919. A rescue from an estate in far Northern Michigan... 072024

Price: 575 USD

Location: Farmington, Michigan

End Time: 2024-12-19T22:51:22.000Z

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