Item 12825
 
Coming to you from Doc's Crocks is this Rare Double-Sized Stoneware Canning Jar. 
 
The maker is given on one side in a Paisley-Shaped Stencil surrounding a Tobacco Leaf:  "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).  
 
The merchant for whom Hamilton made the jar is given on the other side in a similar stencil: "E. J. Miller & Co., Alexandria"  Miller was a china and glassware merchant in Alexandria, Virginia.  
 
Excellent Condition.  A couple pinhead-size nibble on the bottom fold of the tooled rim and a couple very small, light stains.  No rim or base chips, hairlines, cracks, or restoration.  
 
One of only a handful of double-sized jars from Greensboro that I have ever seen.
 
Ships double-boxed, insured, and FREE
 
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