Item 11856
 
Coming to you from Doc's Crocks is this wonderful piece of James River, Virginia Stoneware.  
 
It is a piece from the Four Mile Creek area bearing decoration common to that area.  See Eric C. Jenkins, Ceramics in Virginia: 19th Century Stoneware from the Lower James River Valley, pp. 93-94). 
 
Circa 1830-1840, this beauty features a Semi-Ovoid Form with Tooled Grooved Rim for Ease of Tying a Cover Over the Top, Applied Handles with Cobalt Accents at the Handle Terminals, and a Fern Decoration on Both Side.  Stands 12 1/4" tall. 
 
Good Condition.  A minor, narrow 1/4" chip on each handle.  A sealed line on the bottom with a line up to the shoulder on one side (closeup 1) and halfway up the other side (closeup 2). No rim or base chips, cracks, stains, or restoration.  
 
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