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Four-Gallon Double-Handled Stoneware Jug with Cobalt Decoration, Stenciled "JAS. HAMILTON / & CO. / GREENSBORO. / PA.," circa 1875, ovoid jug with tooled spout and two applied handles at the shoulder, featuring the stenciled maker's mark of James Hamilton & Company along with a stenciled "4" and various stenciled floral, scrolled, and geometric designs. Freehand swag and wavy line decoration to shoulder and freehand stripe to base. Cobalt highlights to handle terminals. Some fry to cobalt. A 5/8" in-the-firing surface ping to underside and some slight warping to underside. Two minor base chips. An in-the-firing contact mark to top of "4" on front. Some in-the-firing, glazed-over scratches to proper right side of jug's front. A minor spout chip on reverse. A 5/8" in-the-firing contact mark (surface chip) to shoulder on reverse. Some light staining to reverse. H 18".
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