JAMES RIVER, VIRGINIA DECORATED STONEWARE JARS, LOT OF TWO, salt-glazed, each approximately one-and-one-half gallon capacity, having double incised shoulder rings, comprising one Parr family attributed example with squared rim and applied arched handles and one example with rounded rim and arched tab handles. Each with brushed cobalt horizontal flower decoration to each side with additional cobalt to handle terminals. Third quarter 19th century. 11 1/2" and 11 3/4" H.
Literature: For more information on Parr in Richmond see Hunter (ed.) - Ceramics in America 2013, pp. 210-213, "The Remarkable 19th-Century Stoneware of Virginia's Lower James River Valley", by Kurt Russ, Rob Hunter, Oliver Mueller-Heubach, and Marshall Goodman.

Each having loss to one handle; Parr attributed example having moderate chip to rim; remaining having tight rim hairline.