Excellent 1850s Antique American Blue 2 Gallon Flower Decorated Stoneware Jar by S. T. Brewer - Havana New York

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This Really is a Excellent Example of a Authentic Antique American Primitive Stoneware Storage Jar. It is Not Marked as … Read more This Really is a Excellent Example of a Authentic Antique American Primitive Stoneware Storage Jar. It is Not Marked as Such but it is Rendered in the Two Gallon Liquid Storage Capacity Size. It is Embossed - Signed by the Well Documented and Much Sought After Maker "S. T. BREWER HAVANA". Records Indicate that STEVEN T. BREWER Original Founder of the Company only Produced his Stoneware For a Short Time - 1853 to 1859 in HAVANA ( Later Renamed MONTOUR FALLS ) So It Makes This Piece Easy to Accurately Date. It has a Classic American Salt Glaze on a Variable Greige Color Exterior. The Interior is done in a Dark Coffee Brown Color. The Also Classic American Stoneware Form - Shape has the Added Feature of Applied Handles - "Ears". The Front of the Jar is Artistically Hand Decorated with a Large & Beautiful Cobalt Blue Color Stylized Double Flower ( Tulips ) Decoration.

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 Clays on a Potters Wheel from Start to Finish and Therefore No 2 are Absolutely Identical. This Jar Style was Commonly Used to Store and Preserve Many Types of Liquids and Foods.

It is in Excellent - Strong - Sound and Usable Original Condition - Displays Beautifully. No Damage - No Repairs. It Does Have 2 Faint Age and Use Acquired Stained "Crows Foot" Hairline Surface Only Glaze Cracks - 1 on Right Side & 1 on Left Side ( See Last 2 Photographs ). There is also a Few Small Rusty Color Surface Glaze Spots at the Top Rim Perimeter. NOTE That These are All Kiln Related Flaws and 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.

A True Piece of Classic Americana.

It Measures Overall Approx.
9 1/4 inches Tall.
10 1/2 Inches Long ( Including Handles ).
9 3/4 inches Wide at Top Rim.

STONEWARE-STONEWARE-STONEWARE --- PLEASE NOTE That if You Like Early American Stoneware Pieces I Always Maintain a Large Selection For Sale in My Chairish Store with Others Being Added on a Regular Basis so Please Do Have a Look!.

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