Item 1052
 
Coming to you from Doc's Crocks is this uncommon 4 Gallon Stoneware Jar made and stamped by "McKenzie & Jackson, Beaver, PA."
 
This is the stamp of Hamilton McKenzie and Thomas Jackson who made pottery in Beaver in the 1860's and 1870's (Phil Shaltenbrand, Big Ware Turners, pp. 133-34). 
 
This beauty featuare a Tall Jar Form with the Pottery Stamp and Two Tulips Dancing Across the Front.  Additional cobalt at the handle terminals.  Stands 14 1/4" tall.  
 
Very Good Condition.  Six small chips outside the rim (1/4" to 1/2"), a 1/4" chip on the left handle, and a faint and tight 5" in-body vertical hairline below the right handle reaching neither top or bottom (closeup).  No inner rim or base chips, cracks, stains, or restoration.
 
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