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Four-Gallon Cobalt-Decorated Stoneware Jar with Stenciled Eagle Motif, Stenciled "EAGLE POTTERY," James Hamilton & Co., Greensboro, PA, circa 1875, semi-ovoid jar with tooled shoulder, semi-rounded rim, and applied lug handles, decorated with a large stenciled design of spread-winged Federal eagle clutching an olive branch and arrows in its talons and carrying a banner inscribed "EAGLE POTTERY" in its beak. Freehand inverted swag and wavy stripe decoration above. Base with stenciled "4" flanked by stenciled flourishes, underscored by a freehand stripe. Cobalt highlights to handle terminals. A thin 10" X-shaped diagonal crack on proper right side of jar, extending partway onto front. A tight 7 1/2" Y-shaped line on reverse. Staining and grease residue to surface. H 15".