Sculptural Fantasy: The Important American Folk Art Collection of Stephen and Petra Levin
Sculptural Fantasy: The Important American Folk Art Collection of Stephen and Petra Levin
CERAMIC BASEBALL SYRUP DISPENSER, CIRCA 1910
Auction Closed
October 10, 05:49 PM GMT
Estimate
800 - 1,200 USD
Lot Details
Description
CERAMIC BASEBALL SYRUP DISPENSER, CIRCA 1910
inscribed Fan-Taz, Drink of the "Fans" and A Pennant Winner. Pumping components not original.
Height 15 ½ in. by Depth 9 ¾ in.
Robert Edward Auctions, Watchung, New Jersey, Baseball Cards, Memorabilia & Americana Auction, May 2, 2009, lot 1115.
Dispensers such as this were common sights in drugstores, general stores, and ice cream parlors during the early 1900's and were used by "soda jerks" to pump out the syrup when filling a soda order.