WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA STENCILED STONEWARE CANNER,
salt-glazed,
approximately half-gallon capacity, slight conical form with grooved wax-seal rim and Albany-slip glazed interior. Stenciled cobalt "A. Conrad & Co." above a grapevine, and "New Geneva. / Pa." below, additional brushed cobalt band and wavy line below rim.
Alexander Conrad & Co., New Geneva, PA.
1870-1882.
8" HOA, 4 3/8" DOA rim.
Literature: Parallels Guappone -
New Geneva & Greensboro Pottery, p. 34, fig. second row middle.
Provenance: From the collection of Dr. William and Susan Cale, Harrisonburg, VA.
Condition
Minor chip to rim, otherwise undamaged. Manufacturing flaws including kiln kiss with grit to back, as made.
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