Item 9608
 
Coming to you from Doc's Crocks is this wonderful 1 1/2 Gallon Stoneware Preserve Jar made and stamped by "L. Lehman & Co., West 12th St., N.Y."   
 
This is the work of Louis Lehman who potted in New York from 1858-1863 (William Ketchum, Jr., American Stoneware, p. 63).  
 
This beauty features the pottery stamp with cobalt wash, and Folk Art Bird on a Flower with Berries Decoration. The bird is looking  back and sports a striped breast.  The flower has four leaves a blossom, and a cluster of 5 berries.   Stands 10 1/2" tall.
 
Excellent Condition.  A 1/2" chip on the rim, and two chips on the underside (3/4", 1").  That's it!  No inner rim chips, hairlines, cracks, stains, or restoration.  Some bubbles in the cobalt in the making. 
 
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