Item 12907
 
Coming to you from Doc's Crocks is this 2 Gallon Stoneware Preserve Jar made and stamped by "Ballard & Brothers, Burlington, VT." 
 
This is one of the pottery stamps of the brothers Alfred, Orrin, and Hiram Ballard who made stoneware in Burlington, Vermont from 1856-1867 (See William Ketchum, Jr., American Stoneware, pp. 45-46). 
 
This beauty sports the Pottery Stamp with Cobalt Wash, and a Triple Honeysuckle Decoration.  Stands 11" tall.
 
Fair Condition.  A 1/2" chip inside the rim, a 3 1/2" hairline from the rim to the left of the pottery stamp (closeup 1), a 4" hairline from the rim in the back, and staining from use.  No outer rim or base chips or restoration.  
 
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