Item 12603
 
Coming to you from Doc's Crocks is this wonderful 1 Gallon Jug made and stamped for the merchant, "C. W. Skinner, Elmira, N.Y."  Charles Skinner was a potter in Rochester and Fulton, NY, but there is no record of this potter in Elmira.  (William Ketchum, Jr., Potters and Potteries of New York State 1650-1900, pp. 317, 388). Thus I am assuming this Skinner is a merchant
 
Comes fresh from a farmhouse in Wellsville, N.Y. 
 
Circa 1870, this beauty features the Merchant Stamp with Cobalt Wash on the Shoulder and a Light Gray Salt Glaze.  Stands 10" tall.
 
Exceptional Condition.  As made.  No damage of any kind. 
 
Ships double-boxed, insured, and FREE
 
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