Item 10418
 
Coming to you from Doc's Crocks is this Gorgeous 3 Gallon Jar made by "Jas. Hamilton & Co., Greensboro, PA."   
 
James Hamilton ran his pottery in Greensboro from the 1860's to 1880 (Phil Shaltenbrand, Big Ware Turners, pp. 154-157). 
 
Dating to the 1870's, this beauty features a Finely Tooled Rim with Stripe Accent, Applied Handles with Cobalt Accent, Top and Bottom Wide Stripes, and the Company Advertising in Bold Letters Surrounding a Center Rose and Framed by Leaves at the Top Corner and a Row of Circles Below, with the Capacity Number Flanked by Leaves at the Bottom.  Stands 13 3/4" tall.  
 
Very Good Condition.  A 1/2" ping and chip on the left handle, a narrow 1" chip under the right handle, and 2" vertical line on the bottom left front that wraps under 4".  No rim or base chips, cracks, or restoration. 
 
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