Item 11442
 
Coming to you from Doc's Crocks is this gorgeous 3 Gallon Jar whose color and decoration indicate that it was probably made by the Boughner Pottery of Greensboro, Pennsylvania.  
 
Alexander and William Boughner, sons of Daniel Boughner, ran their father's pottery in Greensboro from 1852 to 1864 (Phil Shaltenbrand, Big Ware Turners, pp. 151-155).
 
Dating about 1860, this beauty features the Light Gray Clay first used in Greensboro from a glacial deposit of superior clay found on the banks of the Monongehela River.  It also features the Gorgeous Boughner Cobalt Decoration!  A stripe frames the rim, six leaves in mirror image of each other accent the top portion, and a freehand "3" capacity number flanked by two vertical wavy stripes and underscored by four straight stripes.  Stands 13 1/2" tall. 
 
Excellent Condition. A 1" chip inside the rim, two minor nibbles on the bottom ring of the tooled rim, a 1/4" flake on the back of the left handle, and a 1" chip on the front of the right handle.  
 
A freehand decorated jar from the early days of pottery in Greensboro. 
 
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