Profusely Decorated 4 Gallon Storage Jar

Circa 1870: This 14.75" tall four gallon Southwestern Pennsylvania stoneware storage jar is covered in bright freehand cobalt decoration from top to bottom and includes most of the freehand decorative motifs for which Greensboro PA storage jarery is famous: straight and wavy stripes, dots, leafing fuschia, and leaf and vine decoration. This jar was most probably manufactured by Leet Hamilton or one of the other early Greene County pottery firms that popped up on the Monongahela River in the second half of the 19th century. This stunning jar does have a sizable chip on the back of the rim as photographed and a few other minor chips, none which take away from the incredible visual presence of the jar, and there are no cracks or repairs. The jar rings when tapped and has terrific contrast. This is the most beautifully decorated piece of SWPA stoneware we have owned in our twenty years in the antiques trade. Provenance: Rick Epilon