1995 Paul Storie Marshall Texas Hand-Painted Pottery Stoneware Jug With Cobalt Blue Barn and Rustic Scene, Signed s.s.

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1995 Paul Storie Marshall Texas 10 3/4” Handpainted Pottery Stoneware Jug With Blue Barn and Rustic Scene Signed S.S. ‘95. … more 1995 Paul Storie Marshall Texas 10 3/4” Handpainted Pottery Stoneware Jug With Blue Barn and Rustic Scene Signed S.S. ‘95.

This beautiful vintage jug was made in 1995, Marshall Texas. The jug measures 10 3/4” Tall x 8” Wide. There is a handle on the top of one side. The jug is tan and has a hand painted country scene in cobalt blue that features a sloped barn, trees, birds and a fence. The date of manufacture, ‘95 is painted on the front bottom side of the image. The bottom is stamped with the company name and location. It has no chips, cracks, repairs or crazing in the glaze.

History of the Marshall Pottery Company:

“In 1895 W. F. Rocker, from Kentucky, came to the East Texas town of Marshall and founded the Marshall Pottery Works. The reason he was attracted to Marshall was due to the abundance of the two natural ingredients his business needed—white clay and water. Through a series of ownerships, the pottery finally fell into the hands of Sam Ellis around 1905. The story is told that Mr. Ellis, who was a blacksmith by trade, would walk by the Pottery everyday on his way to and from work. He ended up loaning the owner at that time, a Mr. Studer, $375.55 to build a new kiln. Not long after, Mr. Ellis found a note under a rock at the pottery stating, "I have this day sold to S.H. Ellis the Marshall Pottery Works, consisting of tools, clay, manufacturing ware, one wagon, two mules..."

Ellis expanded the pottery and put his family to work in the new family business. A fire in 1912 almost destroyed the pottery, and Mr. Ellis was forced for the first time, to borrow $2,000 to rebuild. Canning jars, crocks and syrup jugs were delivered by mule and wagon until 1913 when the first Marshall Pottery truck was bought. Soon thereafter, the invention of the metal syrup bucket and then the glass canning jar in the 1920's nearly spelled doom for the business. Interestingly enough, according to Sam Ellis' son, the coming of prohibition saved the pottery. Had it not been for the sale of jugs for moonshine, the Ellis family said, the company might have folded.”

This lovely jug weighs 4 pounds 14.30 ounces or 78.31 ounces or 2220 grams. less