Item 9656
 
Coming to you from Doc's Crocks is this fantastic 5 Gallon Double-Handled Jug whose decoration indicates that it was made by R. T. Williams of New Geneva, Pennsylvania. 
 
Robert T. Williams worked in New Geneva from 1882 to 1895 (Phil Shaltenbrand, Big Ware Turners , pp. 168-70).
 
This beauty features a Large Size, Double-Handles with Cobalt Accents at the Top of the Terminals, 5 Wavy Cobalt Stripes Down the Front, and, Between the Bottom Two Stripes, the Capacity Number Flanked by 19 Dashes with Fancy Brackets Above.  Stands 19 1/2" tall.  
 
Excellent Condition.  A 1/2" chip on the back of the spout.  That's it!  No handle or base chips, hairlines, cracks, stains, or restoration.  Some impurities in the clay on the left side in the making. 
 
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