Antique Mid 19th Century American Extensively Blue Decorated Small 2 Quart Size Stoneware Preserves Jar

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This Really is an Exceptionally Nice Authentic Antique American Country Primitive Stoneware Preserves Jar - Crock. Circa Mid 19th Century. … Read more This Really is an Exceptionally Nice Authentic Antique American Country Primitive Stoneware Preserves Jar - Crock. Circa Mid 19th Century. Smaller Approx. 2 Quart Size Storage Capacity. It has a Classic American Salt Glaze Exterior on a Stone Grey Body. It is Extensively Hand Decorated with a Total of 3 Wonderful Large Navy Blue Stylized Flower Designs. It has No Maker or Other Markings but it was Most Likely Made in Pennsylvania or Maryland. It is in Very Good Strong - Sound - Usable Condition and it Displays Beautifully. Imperfection Noted - It has a Very Fine Hairline Crack that Extends Down From The Bottom of One of the Flowers to the Base - This Can Best be Seen in My Last 2 Photographs. These Types of Stoneware Items were Made for Everyday Utilitarian Use and Minor Imperfections Such as These are Not Uncommon. There is Also a Minor Surface Glaze Imperfection at The Base and a Few At the Top Rim but These are Factory Flaws That Would have Absolutely Occurred in the Making - Kiln Firing Process. Added Information - Stoneware Pieces Such a These were Fired in Very Large Kilns with Many Other Pieces at the Same Time - In Large Batches. It would Make a Nice Wooden Spoon Display Vessel in a Kitchen Setting.
It Measures Overall Approx. 8 1/4 inches Tall x 5 1/2 inches Wide - Long.

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