Item 11349
 
Coming to you from Doc's Crocks is this Rare 1 Gallon Stoneware Ovoid Jar whose form and decoration make it easy to attribute to John Poole Schermerhorn. 
 
Schermerhorn had a pottery on Rocketts Landing of the James River in Henrico County, Virginia from around 1817 to 1837.  He died in 1850.  See Eric C. Jenkins, Ceramics in Virginia, pp. 116-171.  
 
This beauty features a Small 1Gallon Size, Semi-Ovoid Form, Tooled Rim and Shoulder, Bulbous Base, Applied Handles with Cobalt on the Top, and Four Wavy Cobalt Stripes on One Side and Five on the Other.  Stands 9 1/4" tall. 
 
Very Good Condition.  Three small chips on the shoulder (1/8" to 1/4"), a narrow 1/2" chip on the bottom edge, and some light staining from use.  No rim chips, hairlines, cracks, or restoration. 
 
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