Item 4922
 
Coming to you from Doc's Crocks is this wonderful 1 Gallon Stoneware Pitcher stamped "Whites Binghamton."
 
This is work of William Roberts, son-in-law of Noah White of Whites Utica Pottery. He founded a branch of the family business in Binghamton in 1848 and ran it until 1888 (William Ketchum, Jr., American Stoneware, p. 71)
 
This beauty features a Short and Squatty Form with Squared Rim, Pottery Stamp with Cobalt Wash, and a Poppy Decoration Executed with a Slip Cup in Bright and Shiny Cobalt.   This was a signature design for Whites.  The floral is elaborate with two pairs of different types of leaves, and a blossom with five center sections surrounded by eight smaller petals.  All the decoration is accented with dots and dashes.  Stands 9 3/8" tall.
 
Very Good Condition.  A rim chip on the right side (closeup), and some wear to the decoration.   No base chips, hairlines, cracks, stains, or restoration.   
 
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