Item 12125
 
Coming to you from Doc's Crocks is this uncommon Blue and White Spongeware Pitcher in the Wild Rose Pattern with Advertising.
 
You can see a fine writeup on this pitcher in Terry Taylor and Terry & Kay Lowrance, Collector's Encyclopedia of Salt Glaze Stoneware, pp. 84-85. 
 
Dating about 1900, this beauty features Top and Bottom Borders with a Double Wild Rose in the Middle on Each Side. The borders are set off by a row of raised dots and feature alternating raised semi-circles and diamonds. The raised dots also accent the sides of the handle. Stands 9 1/4" tall.
 
This example is very uncommon, for it features advertising on the front for "John Schoepf Meats, 3433 Butler St., Pittsburgh, PA." 
 
Excellent Condition.  Light glaze crazing inside, a minor 1/4" nibble on the base, and surface-only craze lines on the underside.  No rim chips, hairlines, cracks, stains, or restoration. 
 
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