Item 12511
 
Coming to you from Doc's Crocks is this wonderful 2 Gallon Ovoid Jug stamped "Higgins & Co., Cleveland, O."
 
As far as we know, the Higgins Company was a distributor of stoneware made in the Portage/Summit County area of Ohio by makers like I.M. 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 an Early Ovoid Form, Applied Handle with Cobalt Accent on the Terminals, Advertising Stamped on the Shoulder with Cobalt Wash, and a Large Brushed Cobalt Tulip Decoration.  The floral includes ground cover, six leaves, and a blossom with four petals with a larger leaf to its right.  Stands 13 3/4" tall. 
 
Very Good Condition.  Some staining and a hole in the underside for use as a lamp.  That's it!  No spout chips, hairlines, cracks, or restoration.  
 
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