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I should have taken a before photo... - 7/18/2008 12:54:32 AM    KentOhio   Posts: 746 Joined: 9/13/2004 Status: offline I went to a yard sale last weekend and bought a stoneware pitcher for $10. It was covered in paint-- really ugly paint. When I saw it, it was black with some thinly painted metallic pink and orange areas. I wasn't even sure it was an antique at first. But I bought it on the chance it was marked somehow under the paint. I took it home and stripped the paint off. Under the black paint was a layer of white paint with some blue flowers painted on. Since flowers were painted there, I was pretty sure there would be nothing good under that. But I kept stripping it, and here's how it cleaned up so far. Attachment (1) Post #: 1

RE: I should have taken a before photo... - 7/18/2008 12:57:05 AM    KentOhio   Posts: 746 Joined: 9/13/2004 Status: offline It's a 2 gallon and very heavy. It does have some cracks, but I don't mind. Here's a shot of the side. Any ideas on where it was made or when? Attachment (1) (in reply to KentOhio) Post #: 2

RE: I should have taken a before photo... - 7/18/2008 12:57:59 AM    KentOhio   Posts: 746 Joined: 9/13/2004 Status: offline Lastly some blue on the handle. Attachment (1) (in reply to KentOhio) Post #: 3

RE: I should have taken a before photo... - 7/18/2008 7:32:08 AM    appliedlips Posts: 1862 Joined: 1/30/2005 Status: offline       Nice find Brian.It looks like an Ohio  piece to me and pre 1870 but that is just a guess based.It looks like a big,heavy piece and most of the east coast pitchers seem a little more graceful and the glaze a cleaner grey.Wherever it was made it deserves some good shelf space.Doug _____________________________ I WOULD LIKE TO BUY OR TRADE FOR YOUR COLORED,AND OR EMBOSSED CATHEDRAL PEPPERSAUCE BOTTLES.I AM ALSO LOOKING FOR EMBOSSED MIDWESTERN ALES IN ANY COLOR. (in reply to KentOhio) Post #: 4

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