Item 6738
 
Coming to you from Doc's Crocks is this Gorgeous 2 Gallon Stoneware Cream Pot made and stamped by "J. W. Ingell & Co., Taunton, Mass." 
 
Jonathan and William Ingell ran their pottery in Taunton in the 1830's to 1840's (William Ketchum, Jr., American Stoneware, p. 50). 
 
This beauty features a Semi-Ovoid Form, Tall Rim, Inscribed Shoulder, Applied Handles, Thick Gray Glaze, and a Brushed Cobalt Double Tulip in Rich Cobalt.  The back features the capacity number flanked by leaves.   Additional cobalt accents at the handle terminals.  Measures 9 3/4" tall and 9 1/2" wide across the top.
 
Very Good Condition.  A narrow 1" chip in the rim in the back, a 1 1/2" craze line above the right handle not seen inside (closeup 1), and a 3/4" chip at the base on left side.  No inner rim chips, cracks, stains, or restoration.  A 4" drying or firing line on the bottom of the right side in the making and glazed over (closeup 2).
 
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