Item 8177
 
Coming to you from Doc's Crocks is this supreme 3 Gallon Jar made by "Wilkinson and Fleming, Shinnston, W. VA."
 
Wilkinson & Fleming made stoneware in Shinnston from 1885-1895 (William Ketchum, Jr., American Stoneware, p. 100).
 
This beauty features a Thick Tooled Rim, Applied Handles, and Company Advertising in Large Block Letters Surrounding a Big Center Rose.  All the stenciling is complete, crisp, and sporting deep and shiny cobalt.  The letters on this piece are the largest that I have ever seen on stoneware by this maker.  Stands 13 1/2"   
 
Excellent Condition.  Three adjacent chips on the underside at the front edge (1/4" to 1"), and some faint surface lines on the bottom of the right side.  That's it!  No rim chips, hairlines, cracks, stains, or restoration. 
 
Ships double-boxed, insured, and FREE