Rare Three-Gallon Stoneware Churn with Elaborate Freehand Cobalt Decoration, Stenciled "FROM / McJOHNSTON BROS. / DEALERS IN / GROCERIES & C. / OWENSBORO. KY," Western PA origin, circa 1875, cylindrical form with short, flaring collar and applied lug handles, brush-decorated with freehand stripes and an undulating fuchsia vine above the stenciled advertising, "FROM / McJOHNSTON BROS. / DEALERS IN / GROCERIES & C. / OWENSBORO. KY." Stenciled rose motif below. Base with freehand "3" flanked by graduated diagonal slashes, underscored by stripes. Cobalt highlights to handle terminals. Some staining, primarily to reverse shoulder. A 3" in-the-firing surface fissure from rim on interior, not visible on exterior. Chips and wear to inner rim for lid. A salt drip near base on reverse. A few very tight cracks in underside. One of these forms a tight Y at base on churn's proper left side, including some chipping along this crack at churn's base. Another extends approximately 3" up base of churn of proper far left side of churn's base. Some minor exfoliation to churn's proper right side. A faint, approximately 2" surface line to far right side of churn's front, not visible on interior. H 15 3/8".