Item 9409
 
Coming to you from Doc's Crocks is this fantastic 1/2 Gallon Jar made and stamped by "B. C. Milburn, Alexa"  
 
This is the stamp of Benedict Calvert Milburn who ran the old Wilkes Street Pottery, once owned by H. C. Smith, from 1841-1867.  This pottery is discussed in detail in the marvelous book by Eddie Wilder, Alexandria, Virginia Pottery 1792-1876, pages 179-289. 
 
This beauty features a Flared Rim, Inscribed Shoulder, Applied Handles, Pottery Stamp, and an Elaborate Double Stemmed Tulip with 4 Blossoms on the Front, and a Wavy Stripe, Comma Vining, and Dangling Tulip on the Back.  Stands 10" tall. 
 
Very Good Condition.  Four chips on the rim (1/4" to 3/4"), two chips on the left handle (1/8", 1/2"), and a couple 1/4" chips and minor nibble on the base.  No inner rim chips, hairlines, cracks, stains, or restoration. 
 
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