Rare Antique American Blue Bird Decorated 4 Gallon Stoneware Butter Churn by J. A. & C. W. Underwood Co. Fort Edward N. Y. Circa 1867

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This Really is a Great Looking & Quite Rare Antique American Stoneware Butter Churn. The Front Bears the Impressed Maker … Read more This Really is a Great Looking & Quite Rare Antique American Stoneware Butter Churn. The Front Bears the Impressed Maker Mark of the J.A. & C. W. UNDERWOOD FORT EDWARD NEW YORK Stoneware Company. My Research Indicates that This Company was Short Lived and Only in Production Between the Years of 1865 to 1867 Making it Easy to Accurately Establish When it was Actually Made. The Front is Artistically Hand Decorated in Blue with a Wonderful Bird on a Branch Design. It is Also Embossed with a Number 4 Designating its Large Four Gallon Storage Capacity. It has Classic American Salt Glazed Exterior with a Unusually Nice & Uniform Sand Color. Note that it has the Added Feature of Applied Handles - "Ears". The Interior is Done in a Dark Coffee Brown Color. Back in the Day These Types of Stoneware Items were a Necessity in Most of Americas Farms and Household's and They were Made - Intended For Everyday Utilitarian Use. These Types of American Stoneware Items we Completely Hand Made out of Indigenous Clay on a Potters Wheel from Start to Finish and Therefore No 2 are Absolutely Identical. It is in Excellent Original Condition and it Displays Beautifully with its Also Original Chestnut Wood Plunger Handle & Pine Wood Lid. There Small Glaze Spot Kiln Flaw Imperfections at The Lower Rim Perimeter Area that Would have Occurred in the Making - Firing Process. Stoneware Pieces Like This were Fired in Very Large Kilns with Many Other Pieces at the Same Time and Many Types of Kiln Flaws are Quite Common in American Stoneware Very Minor Imperfection Noted Small Chip at Underside of Right Handle and a Few Very Small Chips at the Top Rim Area.No Cracks - No Repairs.

It Measures Overall Approx.
14 inches Tall.
10 1/2 inches Wide - Long.
It Measures Approx 32 inches Tall from Base to Top of Plunger Stick.

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