#346 • Antique One Gallon Myers & Company Stoneware Jug

Part of Red Gallery - Memorial Day Extravaganza Auction - Day 2 (timed auction by K and B Auction)

High bid $82.00

Status: Sold

This is a wonderful lot of an antique one gallon Myers & Company of Covington, KY., stoneware jug. Henry R. Myers bought the recipes for Pure Fulton Whiskey from the estate of its developer, Malcolm Fulton in 1887 and grew it into one of largest mail order liquor companies of the time. (https://pre-prowhiskeymen.blogspot.com/2011/06/101-years-of-fulton-whiskey.html). The jug has Bristol slip glaze, loop handle and marked on front - "Myers & Company, Pure Fulton Whiskey, Covington, KY. Measures approximately - 7" x 10". Item shows appropriate wear due to age & use, imperfection in glaze and a few chips. AA.