Item 11269
 
Coming to you from Doc's Crocks is this wonderful 4 Gallon Jug made and stamped by "Connolly & Palmer, New Brunswick, N.J."
 
This is the work of Thomas Connolly and Charles Palmer who ran the pottery in New Brunswick from 1881-1888 (William Ketchum, Jr., American Stoneware, p. 80).
 
This beauty features a Large Size, Pottery Stamp with Cobalt Wash, and a Large Brushed Cobalt Bird on a Plume Decoration.  The bird is 8" from beak to tip of his tail, and the plume is 12".  Stands 17 1/2" tall. 
 
Very Good Condition.   A large ping on the back visible inside except the center, five 1/4" chips on the underside at the edge with one 1" also, a hairline across the bottom, and some scattered light staining. No spout chips or restoration. Surface firing lines on the spout, shoulder, and near the base in the making as shown. 
 
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