Item 9659
 
Coming to you from Doc's Crocks is this Superb 1 Gallon Wax Sealer Canning Jar whose decoration makes it easy attribute to Isaac Hewitt. 
 
Hewitt made stoneware in Rices Landing, Pennsylvania in the 1860's and 1870's (Phil Shaltenbrand, Big Ware Turners, pp. 158-159).
 
This beauty features a Full Gallon Size, Carefully Tooled Rim and Shoulder, and Eight Cobalt Stripes down the Front that Alternate between Straight and Wavy. This alternating stripe pattern is a standard feature of Hewitt stoneware.  Stands 9 1/2" tall. 
 
Good Condition. A half dollar-size chip inside, a 1/4" chip inside and outside the rim, and staining from use.  Faint star-shaped hairline has 9 tight lines traveling up the jar (1 1/2" to 5") most of which are just visible in the pictures.  Very secure nonetheless.  No base chips or restoration. 
 
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