Item 11884
 
Coming to you from Doc's Crocks is this Uncommon 1 Gallon Stoneware Ovoid Jug whose form and decoration make it easy to attribute to John Poole Schermerhorn. 
 
Schermerhorn had a pottery on Rocketts Landing of the James River in Henrico County, Virginia from around 1817 to 1837.  He died in 1850.  See Eric C. Jenkins, Ceramics in Virginia, pp. 116-171.  
 
Provenance:  This jug is pictured in Eric C. Jenkins, Ceramics in Virginia: 19th Century Stoneware from the Lower James River Valley, p. 135.  It comes most recently from the fine collection of William H. Chapman III of Virginia.
 
This beauty features an Ovoid Form, Ribbed Applied Handle, and a Brushed Cobalt Floral with Leaves and Two Closed Blossoms or Fruit. Stands 10" tall.  
 
Very Good Condition Visual Condition.  Professional restoration on the upper half. 
 
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