Item 1120
 
Coming to you from Doc's Crocks is this wonderful 4 Gallon Jar made and stamped by "Whites Utica."
 
This is a work of Nicholas White and his sons, William and Charles, who ran the family pottery from 1865-1886 (William Ketchum, Jr., American Stoneware, pp. 69-70).
 
This beauty features a Jar Form, Large Size, Pottery Stamp with Cobalt Wash, and one of White's Signature Decoration--  the Orchid Wreath Shaped Like a Lyre.  Base leaves produce two stems with a blossom and a cluster of buds.  Stands 13 3/4" tall.  
 
Excellent Condition.  Some small chips:  inside the rim (3/8", top of the rim in the back 1"), two on the left handle (1/8", 1/4"), three on the right handle (1/2" each), and two on the base (1/4", 1/2").  A few faint stain runs.  No hairlines, cracks, or restoration.  
 
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