VALLEY OF VIRGINIA DECORATED STONEWARE JAR, salt-glazed, approximately half-gallon capacity, ovoid form with neck ring, high, slightly flaring neck, plain rim, and applied arched handles. Brushed cobalt dropped feather decoration repeated three times on shoulder to each side, additional cobalt to handle terminals. Possibly J.W. Gardner, Craigs Mills, Washington County, VA. Circa 1875. 7 1/2" HOA, 5" D rim.
Literature: Decoration parallels Maust-Blosser - Legacy in Clay: Pottery of Washington County, Virginia, unnumbered p. 33, fig. bottom left.
Provenance: From a Virginia private collection.
Two shallow chips and a flake to rim, otherwise undamaged.