Coming to you from Doc's Crocks is this fantastic 4 Gallon Stoneware Jar from SW Pennsylvania.
 
Dating around 1870, this beauty features Top to Bottom Freehand Decoration!  From the top down are two broad straight stripes, a squiggle stripe, a band of freehand vining, another squiggle stripe, a wide center stripe, a capacity number framed by a squiggle and straight stripe, and a bottom squiggle stripe.  All the Cobalt is Bold, Bright, and Beautiful! Stands 14 1/2" tall.
 
Excellent Condition.  A 3/4" chip on the top of the left handle, three minor chips on the bottom ring of the tooled rim (1/8' to 3/16"), and some spots of light staining from use.  That's it!  No rim or base chips, hairlines, cracks, or restoration.  A 2" horizontal surface drying line near the bottom in the making.
 
She is a beauty!
 
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