Early Stoneware Jug Canteen, Mineloa TX Sam A. Joseph - Empty

Description

For sale is an early (empty) Stoneware Canteen with a genre scene of a Saloon. Great piece, both from a stoneware perspective and historical -- relative to origin.
Marked: Yes, “Return Me To
Sam A. Joseph
, Mineola, TEX"
History
(researched):  from the early 1870s until 1903, Mineola had at least 14 different saloons and at one particular time, there were eight saloons. Ellie Reeves, an early resident, said, "A man named Schwartz came to Mineola and opened its first saloon." Through the 1870s, 1880s and 1890s, the establishments in town included Blasingame's, Little Abe's, **
Sam A. Joseph
and Bro. Pickard's. J.H. Cofield and the Exchange Saloon, Dave Kitchens, J.J. Patterson, J.M. Audrey, Wren Bros., C.C. Mansell, Breck's Saloon, Johnson Street Saloon, the Palace Saloon, James Bryan's and the Horseshoe Saloon.
**Sa
muel Abraham Joseph
came to America
from Russia. He was born in 1863 and immigrated to New York City in 1882. By 1894 he was in Texas, where he married Minnie of Mineola. Minnie of Mineola didn’t even have to change her maiden name: She was the daughter of Jesse and Miriam Joseph of Germany. Minnie, born in 1869, had immigrated to America in 1886.
In Mineola Minnie and Samuel operated a saloon.
Condition: Good condition, with wear commensurate with age. No repairs to the piece.  Handle shows signs of wear from age & use, as does one shoulder - see final photo for chips to shoulder loop
Dimensions: ~8.0" W x 9.25" H (w/o handle)
Please note that all photographs are part of the description, so please carefully review all of them. In some cases, there may be white spots, imperfect color or possible distortion due to lighting, flash, etc. Happy to answer questions and/or to provide additional pictures upon request.