WOW! What a nice piece of Red Wing advertising stoneware from Nebraska. Pieces like this just don't come up for sale very often. For more pics and information click here to view the ebay auction. Will be interesting to see how much this one goes for.
UPDATE: Auction ended with a selling price of $2716.00.
Here's the sellers description:
Offered for auction is this BEAUTIFUL EXTREMELY RARE Red Wing Crock Advertising Mason Jar from "GEO. A. BROOKS GENERAL MERCHANDISE BAZILE MILLS, NEB.". This crock jar measures approx. 6 1/2" tall & has a diameter of about 4 1/2" & comes with the original zinc lid & rubber seal that was on it when we acquired it. The diameter of the lid opening is 2". This crock mason jar is in excellent condition with no chips, cracks, or repairs of any kind. On the bottom of this crock jar there is a stamp of "PAT ...1899". We are going to have a reserve on this item because of its wonderful original condition & because it is EXTREMELY RARE!!! This would make a FANTASTIC AWESOME addition to ANY Red Wing collection!