Outstanding Antique 2 Gallon American Blue Bird Decorated Stoneware Storage Jar by Whites Utica New York - Circa 1870s

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This Really is an Outstanding Example of a Authentic Antique American Primitive Stoneware Storage Jar. Circa Approx 1870s - 1880. … more This Really is an Outstanding Example of a Authentic Antique American Primitive Stoneware Storage Jar. Circa Approx 1870s - 1880. It is Embossed with a Number 2 Confirming its Two Gallon Liquid Storage Capacity. It is Also Embossed - Signed by the Well Documented Maker WHITES UTICA NEW YORK. NOTE That The Embossed Maker Mark is Faint and Obscured with Excess Glaze Etc. but this is in the Making - Exactly as it Came Out of the Kiln. Records Indicate that Noah White - Original Founder Started Producing Stoneware items in Approx 1834. Over the Following Years the Company was Managed by a Number of Whites Family Members and Produced Under Name Variations for Many Years Reaching in to the Very Early 20th Century before Closing. It is has a Glossy Salt Glazed Exterior with Unusually Nice Uniform Dark Sandy Color. It is Rendered in Classic American Stoneware Form - Shape with the Added Feature of Applied Handles - "Ears". The Front of the Jar is Artistically Hand Decorated with a Deep Cobalt Blue Stylized Bird on a Branch Decoration. The Interior is Done in a Chocolate 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. This Jar Style was Commonly Used to Store and Preserve Many Types of Liquids and Foods. It is in Very Nice, Strong & Sound and Usable Original Condition - Displays Beautifully. Imperfections Noted - There is a Faint Old - Age Acquired Stained "Crows Foot" Hairline Crack on the Reverse Side - See Last 2 Photographs. There is also 2 Small Glaze Spot Imperfections at The Lower Rim Perimeter Area. These are Kiln 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.
It Measures Overall Approx. 9 3/4 Tall.
10 1/2 Inches Long.
10 inches Wide.

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