Item 7982
 
Coming to you from Doc's Crocks is this fine 3 Gallon Jar made and stamped by "J. Heiser, Buffalo, N.Y. "
 
This is the mark of John Heiser who ran his father's pottery along with his brother Henry from 1848-1857 (William Ketchum, Jr., American Stoneware, p. 75). 
 
This beauty features a Thick Tooled Rim and Shoulder, Applied Handles, Strong Pottery Stamp with Cobalt Wash, and a Brushed Cobalt  Sideways Tulip.  The tulip sports two dotted leaves and one tornado-like leaf.  The blossom has eight petals with dotted center.  Stands 13" tall.  
 
Very Good Condition.  Wear and a couple 1/2" chips on the inner seating ring where a lid would sit, a 1" chip on the face of the right handle toward the back, a 1 1/2" chip on the underside at the edge, and some minor flakes on the base edge.  No outer rim chips, hairlines, cracks, stains, or restoration.  
 
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