Item 1100
 
Coming to you from Doc's Crocks is this wonderful 4 Gallon Jar whose decoration makes it easy to attribute to Richard Remmey of Philadelphia.
 
Richard Remmey made stoneware in Philadelphia at the family pottery from the 1860's to the turn of the century (Phil Shaltenbrand, Big Ware Turners, pp. 8-9). 
 
Circa 1870, this beauty features a Larger than Usual Size, Tooled Square Rim, Applied Handles with Cobalt Accent, and Two Large Sideways Tulips on Each Side in Gorgeous Cobalt Blue.  Each tulip has 5 to 7 leaves and a blossom in 4 petals.  Light gray clay and bold cobalt make remarkable contrast.  Stands 15 1/2" tall. 
 
Excellent Condition.  A 1/4" flake on the outside of the rim and a 3/8" chip on the end of one handle. That's it!  No inner rim or base chips, hairlines, cracks, stains, or restoration.  A melted piece of metal ore oby one tulip in the making.   
 
A mightly fine Remmey 4 gallon jar.
 
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