Item 9493
 
Coming to you from Doc's Crocks is this wonderful 2 Gallon Preserve Jar 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 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 a Tall and Tooled Rim with Inner Seating Ring for a Lid, and the Advertising Stamped on the Shoulder with Cobalt Wash.  Stands 11 1/2" tall. 
 
Excellent Condition.  A minor 1/8" nibble at the rim and a 1/4" chip at the base.  That's it!  No hairlines, cracks, stains, or restoration.  
 
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