Item 10796
 
Coming to you from Doc's Crocks is this wonderful 1/2 Gallon Stoneware Wax Sealer made by "Jas. Hamilton & Co., Greensboro, PA."
 
James Hamilton ran his pottery in Greensboro from the 1860's to 1880 (Phil Shaltenbrand, Big Ware Turners, pp. 154-157). 
 
Dating to the 1870's, this beauty features a Tooled Rim with Groove for Pouring Wax Into to Seal the Jar Using a Tin Cover, and Patriotic Shield Decoration used at the time of the Nation's Centennial in 1876.  Stands 8 1/8" tall. 
 
The stencil is complete and it thick, shiny cobalt.  It is the BEST shield stencil that I have ever seen.  
 
Excellent Condition.  Professional restoration for a small triangular surface chip at the rim (closeup).  Otherwise as made. 
 
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