Item 12117
 
Coming to you from Doc's Crocks is this 2 Gallon Stoneware Jug whose decoration indicates that it was made by A. K. Ballard of Burlington, Vermont.
 
Alfred Ballard ran the family pottery from 1867-1874 (William Ketchum, Jr., American Stoneware, p. 46).
 
This beauty sports a Brushed Cobalt Stylized Dotted Floral.  Stands 13 1/4" tall.   
 
Good Condition. Two 1/4" chips on the right side by the handle, a 1/2" chip on the base, a 3" vertical hairline below the decoration (closeup 1), and an H-shaped hairline on the right side toward the back (closeup 2).  No stains or restoration.  A divot or pushin below the handle in the making. 
 
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