Rare Two-Gallon Salt-Glazed Stoneware Jar, Stamped "MANUFACTURED BY J. CRUMBAUGH.", Indianapolis, IN, mid 1820's, ovoid jar with tooled shoulder, arched lug handles, and semi-rounded rim, impressed at the shoulder with Jacob R. Crumbaugh maker's mark above a two-gallon capacity mark. Underside impressed "SO". According to Mark C. Wiseman's article on Crumbaugh in the July-August 2015 issue of Bottles and Extras, the potter worked first--beginning in 1823--as the master potter of Margaret Gibson's stoneware manufactory on the corner of Ohio and Tennessee Streets in downtown Indianapolis; a few years later, Crumbaugh struck out on his own at the corner of Kentucky Avenue and Washington Street, but there is no reference to his establishment beyond the year of 1826. A rare example of Midwestern stoneware. A 1 1/4" chip to proper left handle. Lines descending from rim to shoulder, one of which extends through to interior. Additional surface lines near reverse end of proper left handle. A long diagonal firing crack at base on front, not visible on interior. An additional long firing line at base, not visible on interior. A spider crack on underside, extending 3 1/2" up reverse of jar. A 1 1/8" in-the-firing base chip. A small piece of adhered clay at base on reverse. H 11 3/4".
