Item 7415
 
Coming to you from Doc's Crocks is this splendid 6 7/8" Wax Sealer Canning 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 Small Size, Finely Tooled Grooved Rim, Slightly Canted Sides, and the Company Advertising Wrapping Halfway Around the Jar in Large Letters.  Stands 6 7/8" tall. 
 
Excellent Condition.  A half-dozen small chips on the inner rims (1/2" or less) and a couple contiguous 1/8" nibbles on the outside of the rim.  That's it!  No base chips, hairlines, cracks, stains, or restoration.  Three vertical surface firing lines at the base in the making (1", 1", 2 1/4"- closeup).
 
Uncommon Small Size. 
 
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