Item 12071
 
Coming to you from Doc's Crocks is this early 2 Gallon Ovoid Jar made and stamped by "I. M. Mead & Co."
 
This is the mark of Ira Mead, one of Ohio's earliest potters who worked in Portage County, Ohio in the 1830's to the 1850's (See F. Robert Treichler, A History of Northeast Ohio Stoneware, pp. 27-29).
 
Made around 1840, this jar has an Early Ovoid Form, Tall Rim, Tooled Rim, Applied Handles with Vertical Cobalt Stripes at the Handle Terminals, and he Pottery Stamp with Cobalt Accent.     Measures 10" tall and 9 1/4" wide across the top.
 
Good Condition. Five 1/4" chips and a larger 3/4" chip inside the rim, two narrow 1/4" chips outside the rim, a 1/4" chip at the base, and scattered staining from use.  No hairlines, cracks, or restoration.  
 
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