PARR ATTRIBUTED BALTIMORE, MARYLAND / RICHMOND, VIRGINIA DECORATED STONEWARE JAR, salt-glazed, "3" gallon capacity mark, shouldered cylindrical form with squared rim, beaded neck ring, and applied arched grooved handles. Brushed cobalt upright tulip and foliage decoration on each side, additional cobalt at handle terminals. Probably David Parr Jr. (1819-1882), Baltimore, MD or Richmond, VA. Mid 19th century. 13 7/8" H, 7 7/8" D rim.
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.

Very good condition having a flake to rim and a shallow chip to one handle.