Item 9636
 
Coming to you from Doc's Crocks is this wonderful 1 Gallon Stoneware Wax Sealer Canning Jar made by "Richey & Hamilton, Palatine, W. VA ."
 
Richey and Hamilton made pottery in Palatine (modern Fairmont) from around 1870-1890 (William Ketchum, Jr., American Stoneware, p. 100).
 
Dating around 1880, this beauty features the Tooled and Grooved Wax Sealer Rim, Tall and Narrow Form, and the Company Advertising in a Swirl of Vining on the Front.  Complete stencil and bold cobalt!  Stands 10 1/2" tall.
 
Exceptional Condition.  As made.  No damage of any kind.  a 1" vertical drying/firing line below the stencil in the making. 
 
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