Item 1301
 
Coming to you from Doc's Crocks is this gorgeous Blue and White Old Fashioned Garden Rose Pitcher in Spongeware.
 
This beauty is featured in Taylor and Lowrance, Collector's Encyclopedia of Salt Glaze Stoneware, pp. 63-64.
 
Dating to the early 20th century, this beauty bears a Raised, Single-Stemmed Rose on Each Side. The sponging is in deep and beautiful cobalt forming 6 vertical rows of 4 circles all the way around. Very carefully executed and leaving lots of white so that the pattern still shows through. And the pattern is strong because the mold lines are crisp.  Measures 9" tall.
 
Excellent Condition.  Two chips on the right side of the handle (1/4," 1/2"), an minor 1/8" flake on the base, and two chips on the bottom of the footer (1/4", 1/2").  That's it!  No rim chips, hairlines, cracks, stains, or restoration.  
 
This is by far one of the best examples that I have ever seen of this pitcher for care in decoration, color, strength of mold lines, and condition.
 
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