Attributed Webster School, Piedmont, NC, Two Gallon Jug

1870s, heavily salt spotted stoneware with the ovoid form and tooled lip frequently seen in mid-1870 pots, impressed capacity "2" within bands of incised lines, kiln drips throughout, not signed.

13 x 8 x 8 in.

Collection of a Gentleman, Greensboro, North Carolina

See North Carolina Decorated Stoneware The Webster School of Potters fig.76 for a very similar example of lip and body embellishments as well as handle placement.

Areas of glaze lift; several gouges; tight hairline from mid-section downwards; quartz pop on the underside.