Item 13168
 
Coming to you from Doc's Crocks is this Gorgeous 2 Gallon Stoneware Jug made and stamped by "N. Clark & Co., Rochester, N.Y." 
 
This is the work of Nathan Clark who ran the pottery in Athens, New York and this satellite pottery in Rochester, New York from 1839 to 1851 (William Ketchum, Jr., Potters and Potteries of New York State, 1650-1900, pp. 372, 377). 
 
This beauty sports a Semi-Ovoid Form, Pottery Stamp with Cobalt Wash, and a Large Tulip in Bright Cobalt.  Four open leaves support a blossom with five petals-- all with linear accent lines.  The decoration is very similar to that found of later Stetzenmeyer jugs, indicating that the decorator moved to the Stetzenmeyer pottery which operated from 1849-1860. Stands 14 3/4" tall. 
 
Exceptional Condition.  As made. No damage of any kind. Two small kiln marks on the shoulder in the back in the making. 
 
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