Item 11071
 
Coming to you from Doc's Crocks is this marvelous 4 Gallon Stoneware Crock made and stamped by "J. Weaver."
 
This is the work of John Weaver who made stoneware in Beaver, Pennsylvania from the late 1840's to about 1880 (Phil Shaltenbrand, Big Ware Turners, p. 113).
 
Dating around 1860, this beauty features a Thick Squared Rim, Tooled Shoulder, Applied Handles with Cobalt Accents, Pottery Stamp with Cobalt Wash, and Brushed Cobalt Vining with 3 Fuchsia Blossoms across the Front.  Rich and shiny cobalt.  Measures 13 1/2" tall and 11 1/2" wide across the top. 
 
Excellent Condition. Four chips inside the rim (1/8" to 1"), a flat 1" chip under the left handle and two chips under the right handle (1" each), and two small chips on the base (1/4", 1/2").  No outer rim chips, hairlines, cracks, or restoration.
 
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