Item 13074
 
Coming to you from Doc's Crocks is this wonderful 3 Gallon Churn stamped "Higgins & Co., Cleveland, O."
 
As far as we know, the Higgins Company was a distributor of stoneware made in the Portage/Summit area of Ohio by makers like Purdy and Mead whose pottery so closely resembles pottery marked Higgins.  The Higgins Company was in operation at least from 1848-1851 (F. Robert Treichler, A History of Northeast Ohio Stoneware, p. 88). 
 
This beauty features a Squared Rim, Tooled Shoulder, Applied Handles with Cobalt Accent on the Front, Capacity Number with Cobalt Swipe, the Advertising Stamped on the Shoulder with Cobalt Accent, and a Brushed Cobalt Tulip Decoration.  Stands 15 1/4" talll.
 
Excellent Condition.  Even wear on the inner lid-seating ring, two chips inside the rim, three chips outside the rim (1/4" to 1/2"), a 1/4" flake under the left handle, and a flat 1/2" chip on the underside.  No hairlines, cracks, stains, or restoration.  
 
Ships double-boxed, insured, and FREE
 
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