Item 11956
 
Coming to you from Doc's Crocks is this gorgeous 3 Gallon Jar stamped "Boughner, Greensboro" on the Shoulder in the Back.    
 
This is the work of Alexander and William Boughner, sons of Daniel Boughner, who ran their father's pottery in Greensboro, Pennsylvania from 1852 to 1864 (Phil Shaltenbrand, Big Ware Turners, pp. 151-155).
 
Dating about 1860, this beauty features the Light Gray Clay first used in Greensboro from a glacial deposit of superior clay found on the banks of the Monongehela River.  It also features the Gorgeous Boughner Cobalt Decoration!  A stripe frames the rim, two vines cascade across the front resting on stripes, and a freehand "3" capacity number flanked by tornadoes and underscored by another stripe completes the decoration at the bottom.  Stands 13 3/4" tall. 
 
Excellent Condition. A 3/4" chip inside the left handle and a 1/4" chip inside the right handle, a tiny stain at the top of the "3", and a small wear spot to the left of the center vine.  That's it!  No rim or base chips, hairlines, cracks, or restoration.
 
A freehand decorated jar from the early days of pottery in Greensboro. 
 
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