Item 8078
 
Coming to you from Doc's Crocks is this wonderful 2 Gallon Stoneware Script Jar made by "Hormell & Smyth."
 
This is the mark of Nelson G. Hormell and William Smyth who made pottery in Newport, Tuscarawas County, Ohio in the 1870's (F. Robert Treichler, A History of Northeast Ohio Stoneware, p. 108).
 
This beauty features a Tooled Rim and Shoulder and the Capacity Number and Potters' Names in Large Cobalt Script. Stands 11" tall.
 
Excellent Condition.  A 1 1/4" chip on the rim on the right side, and a few stain runs on the back from use.  No base chips, hairlines, cracks, or restoration.  
 
Ships double-boxed, insured, and FREE