Item 4374
 
Coming to you from Doc's Crocks is this wonderful 8" Stoneware Jar made for "H. F. Behrens, Grocer, 1217 & 1219 Market Street, Wheeling, W. VA.  South Branch 3601 Jacob St." 
 
Behrens was a grocery merchant in Wheeling who usually had his stoneware made in SW PA (probably Greensboro).   
 
Dating around 1880, this beauty features a Wax Sealer Form with Grooved Rim and 7 LInes of Advertising.  The advertising includes reference to their extension grocery store.  Stands 8 1/4" tall.  
 
Excellent Condition.  Five pinhead size nibbles on the inner rim.  That's it!  No top rim or base chips, hairlines, cracks, stains, or restoration.  A kiln touch on the back in the making.      
 
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