JAMES RIVER, VIRGINIA DECORATED STONEWARE JAR, salt-glazed, "3" gallon capacity mark, ovoid form with nearly straight tab-like handles, and narrow, slightly-rounded rim. Brushed cobalt circle around capacity mark and small foliate design to shoulder on reverse, additional cobalt to handle terminals. Attributed to Samuel Wilson and/or associates, Richmond or Henrico Co., VA. 1817-1840. 12 7/8" H, 7" D rim.
Literature: Parallels Hunter (ed.) - Ceramics in America 2013, capacity mark as p. 239, fig. 59 and form p. 239, fig. 60, "The Remarkable 19th-Century Stoneware of Virginia's Lower James River Valley" by Kurt C. Russ, Robert Hunter, Oliver Mueller-Heubach, and Marshall Goodman.

Rim having a minor shallow chip and tight hairline, and a moderate chip to one handle.