Item 8165
 
Coming to you from Doc's Crocks is this wonderful 1 Gallon Harvest Jug from Ohio.  
 
Dating around 1880, this beauty featueres a Roped Handle Poised on Leaves, the Filling and Drinking Spouts, an Applied Decoration of a Greek Goddess under one spout and a Cluster of Grapes under the other spout, and a Large Floral Blossom on Each Side.  Rich chocolate coloration.  Stands 12" tall.
 
Excellent Condition.  A tiny 3/16" flake inside the drinking spout.  That's it!  No other chips or any hairlines, cracks, stains, or restoration.  Some roughness at the base from touching another piece in the kiln.
 
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Fine Albany-Slip-Glazed Stoneware Harvest Jug with Elaborate Applied Grape, Floral, and Classical Figure Motifs, Ohio origin, circa 1885, wheel-thrown, domed form with applied wide and narrow pouring spouts, the handle molded in the form of a twisted rope atop leaves and a central floral finial. Front of jug with molded and applied classical figure, possibly representing Diana, Goddess of the Hunt. Reverse decorated with a large molded and applied grape vine motif. Sides of jug further decorated with relief floral motifs. Surface covered in a reddish-brown Albany slip glaze. Very nice condition with a small chip and tiny reglued piece to tip of smaller spout. H 11 3/4".