Item 12295
 
Coming to you from Doc's Crocks is this fantastic 4 Gallon Stoneware Merchant Jar made and stamped for "C. F. Worthen, Peabody, Mass." 
 
The decoration indicates that it was made in Fort Edward, New York around 1880.
 
This beauty features a Large Size, Merchant Advertising Stamped on the Shoulder and Washed in Cobalt, and a Very Large Double Bird Decoration Executed with a Slip Cup.  Each bird measures 8" from beak to tip of the tail.  Beautiful cobalt on a light clay background.  Stands 14 1/2" tall.  
 
Comes with an Albany Slip lid.
 
Excellent Condition. A single 3/4" surface ping line inside the rim (closeup) and faint traces of water glass staining.   That's it!  No outer rim or base chips, hairlines, cracks, or restoration.  A couple pinhead-size nibbles on the top edge of the lid. 
 
Ships double-boxed, insured, and FREE
 
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