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One-and-a-Half-Gallon Stoneware Jar with Elaborate Cobalt Floral Decoration, Stamped "B.C. MILBURN / ALEXA," VA origin, circa 1850, ovoid jar with tooled shoulder, squared rim, and arched tab handles, brush-decorated with a large tulip seven-blossomed plant ascending the front. Reverse with distinctive stylized floral motif in the Wilkes Street style. An in-the-firing chip (contact mark) to shoulder on far left side of jar's front. An in-the-firing contact mark to left of decoration on front. Reverse with salt residue, a 1 5/8" chip to shoulder (contact mark) and a recessed spot. A minor in-the-firing surface chip (contact mark) near base on proper left side of jar. A few base chips, at least one of which occurred in the firing. A few small in-the-firing rim chips. Heavy water glass staining to interior. Minor water glass staining to exterior. H 12 3/4".
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