Item 12849
 
Coming to you from Doc's Crocks is this wonderful 1/2 Gallon Stoneware Jar attributed to R. J. Grier of Mount Jordan, Chester County, Pennsylvania.
 
Ralph Grier and family ran a pottery in Chester County, Pennsylvania from the 1840's to 1910 (Phil Shaltenbrand, Big Ware Turners, pp. 12-13).
 
Dating to the 1870's, this beauty features a Tooled Rim and Shoulder Incorporating a Groove for Tying a Cloth or Waxed Paper Over the Top, and Three Cobalt Florals in the Distinctive Grier Style.  A cluster of leaves gives way to a stem with a blossom with multiple petals.  Stands 8 3/4" tall.
 
Excellent Condition.  Some residual water glass staining rings inside, and a narrow 1" chip on the bottom edge.  No rim chips, hairlines, cracks, outer stains, or restoration. 
 
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