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Very Rare Wheeler & Perry Sample Crock - Tucson, AZ

Currency:USD Category:Western Americana Start Price:500.00 USD Estimated At:1,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD
Very Rare Wheeler & Perry Sample Crock - Tucson, AZ
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Holabird-Kagin Americana Office
3555 Airway Drive Suite#309
Reno, NV 89511
Thursday Feb 20th, 10am-6pm
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Feb 20 & 21, 2014
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Atlantis Casino & Resort
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3800 S. Virginia Street
Reno, NV 89502

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Holabird-Kagin Americana Office
3555 Airway Drive Suite #309
Reno, NV 89511
Sunday February 23rd, 10am-1pm

1902 This is a small sample crock from Tucson business Wheeler & Perry. According to Michael Miller’s A Collector’s Guide to Arizona Bottles & Stoneware, second edition, the partnership of Wheeler & Frye first operated as a fruit supply business in 1885 and after Frye left the following year, the new partner William I. Perry came on board and the business grew to include groceries and a bakery. It wasn’t until 1906, when the business moved to 44 E. Congress St. Again, this is a very rare miniature jug that stands about 3.5” tall. There is some staining, but no discernible damage Bud Bassett Collection - HKA#65385