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StoneWare Jug - "Impressed"? - 1/31/2006 8:28:36 PM    windingroads   Posts: 9 Joined: 1/31/2006 Status: offline Hello all - I was sent here by those on the Ebay Glass and Pottery board. If I am asking a question in the wrong venue, forgive me, direct me. If there is a stoneware expert among you, I am seeking for information about this stoneware jug. I thought it had an impressed "G" - others have disagreed. It appears to have glaze drips and flaws - so I have been told. My collection offers no room for a piece this large ( I am reduced to window sills and mouldings). I will be selling this - probably Ebay - but I have no idea of what ballpark I'm playing in. Attachment (1) Post #: 1

RE: StoneWare Jug - "Impressed"? - 1/31/2006 8:54:45 PM    GuntherHess Posts: 5449 Joined: 12/13/2004 From: Frederick Maryland Status: offline I dont see the G. It looks like a pretty typical stoneware jug. Put it on ebay and see what you get. _____________________________ Looking for Frederick Maryland and Dr Fahrney Bottles email http://www.mattsoldhouse.com/MC/bottles/email.jpg (in reply to windingroads) Post #: 2

RE: StoneWare Jug - "Impressed"? - 1/31/2006 9:00:44 PM    windingroads   Posts: 9 Joined: 1/31/2006 Status: offline Ovoid? (yes I am that ignorant) Do you have any idea of the age thanks for answering (in reply to windingroads) Post #: 3

RE: StoneWare Jug - "Impressed"? - 1/31/2006 9:05:32 PM    madpaddla Posts: 2845 Joined: 12/29/2005 From: The great state of New England Status: offline Hello Windingroads: Welcome to the forum, stick around after the jug if ya can. I have a jug similar to yours. Good luck on ebay. Mine has no embossing and the bottom looks like it rested on cheese cloth after being made. Is yours similar? ? Good luck, Madpaddla < Message edited by madpaddla -- 1/31/2006 9:08:41 PM > (in reply to windingroads) Post #: 4

RE: StoneWare Jug - "Impressed"? - 1/31/2006 9:07:27 PM    capsoda Posts: 8088 Joined: 11/15/2005 From: Seminole,Alabama, USA Status: offline Hey John, Looks kind of like a syrup jug to me and most jugs have glaze drips and flaws. Down in southern Alabama and NW Florida they bring about $25. They used to bring alot more but that fad is gone now. _____________________________ Warren Diggin down in Dixie, USA Work is for people who don't dig bottles President, Panhandle Cruisers http://www.panhandlecruisers.org/ (in reply to windingroads) Post #: 5

RE: StoneWare Jug - "Impressed"? - 1/31/2006 9:10:58 PM    windingroads   Posts: 9 Joined: 1/31/2006 Status: offline MINE TOO - Thank You!! Attachment (1) (in reply to windingroads) Post #: 6

RE: StoneWare Jug - "Impressed"? - 1/31/2006 9:33:37 PM    windingroads   Posts: 9 Joined: 1/31/2006 Status: offline I am sorry about the large pictures and thank you , I will come back. This is a wonderful sight that I will definitely recommend. I was just wondering a few things... When I list this jug, I want to be honest. Is it 19th or 20th century? Is it Ovoid? Is it salt-glazed? If anyone has any advice - that would be very much appreciated. (in reply to windingroads) Post #: 7

RE: StoneWare Jug - "Impressed"? - 1/31/2006 10:32:08 PM    GuntherHess Posts: 5449 Joined: 12/13/2004 From: Frederick Maryland Status: offline looks 19th century. Not an ovoid shape. _____________________________ Looking for Frederick Maryland and Dr Fahrney Bottles email http://www.mattsoldhouse.com/MC/bottles/email.jpg (in reply to windingroads) Post #: 8

RE: StoneWare Jug - "Impressed"? - 1/31/2006 10:50:27 PM    madpaddla Posts: 2845 Joined: 12/29/2005 From: The great state of New England Status: offline Guntherhess: Is there any difference between the previous bottle and mine. Thanks all Madpaddla (ring under lip and bottom) Attachment (1) (in reply to windingroads) Post #: 9

RE: StoneWare Jug - "Impressed"? - 1/31/2006 10:51:12 PM    madpaddla Posts: 2845 Joined: 12/29/2005 From: The great state of New England Status: offline jug Attachment (1) (in reply to windingroads) Post #: 10

RE: StoneWare Jug - "Impressed"? - 1/31/2006 11:17:14 PM    capsoda Posts: 8088 Joined: 11/15/2005 From: Seminole,Alabama, USA Status: offline Hey Ben, Your jug will clean up real well in some muratic acid. Soak it till clean and then soak it in water and rinse well. It will look great. Most of the jugs like that were used for syrup or molasses in my area. Shoulder jugs were more often used for whiskey or rum. _____________________________ Warren Diggin down in Dixie, USA Work is for people who don't dig bottles President, Panhandle Cruisers http://www.panhandlecruisers.org/ (in reply to windingroads) Post #: 11

RE: StoneWare Jug - "Impressed"? - 1/31/2006 11:32:56 PM    southern Maine diver Posts: 1483 Joined: 8/13/2005 From: South Berwick, Maine USA Status: offline Hey Ben... The series of rings on the base of your jug is often referred to as a "Thumb" print or "Finger" print because it looks like the one on your finger or thumb. That indicates that yours is probably a bit older. A different method of removing the piece from the potters wheel. Niether one is Ovoid. They appera to be late 1800's 1870's to 1890's and Cap is right, they usually go for 20 to 25 dollars for the plain ones. When you have some identifiable embossing they go up a little in value and if you have some blue glazing and decorations they go real high. If they have painted birds, animals, eagles... they go sky high in value. You'll see a lot at the bottle show. We'll hook up... There is a stoneware dealer that will be there, I think his name is Dave Grassi and he has written a couple books on stoneware items. Wayne Ovoid jugs are the earlier ones. (in reply to windingroads) Post #: 12

RE: StoneWare Jug - "Impressed"? - 2/1/2006 6:17:28 AM    cowseatmaize Posts: 2135 Joined: 12/2/2004 From: Metro West, MA Status: offline I got one out of an old barn 30+ years ago. I had to use a coat hanger to get all the dead mice out. Attachment (1) _____________________________ My 10¢ worth (inflation) Eric If you love what your doing it might be illegal, so watch your back. (in reply to windingroads) Post #: 13

RE: StoneWare Jug - "Impressed"? - 2/7/2006 7:35:24 PM    windingroads   Posts: 9 Joined: 1/31/2006 Status: offline Here goes http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=7387071501&rd=1&sspagename=STRK%3AMESE%3AIT&rd=1 (in reply to windingroads) Post #: 14

RE: StoneWare Jug - "Impressed"? - 2/7/2006 10:19:53 PM    whiskeyman Posts: 2034 Joined: 4/17/2005 From: NE TENN-SW VA Status: offline ERIC...your jug looks like those made in NY & Mass. circa 1850-1860. WINDING...I thinik I see an impressed "G" down on the heel of your jug but no idea whos mark it may be. Your jug dates around the 1880's. MAD...the "thumbprint" : The jug had to be cut off the potter's wheel with a piece of wire after it had been thrown. If the wire was pulled between the base of the jug and the wheel it left a smooth path. If the wire was twisted and pulled through, it left a trail of transverse grooves in the bottom of the piece. Oval grooves resembling a fingerprint remain if a loop shaped wire was used. < Message edited by whiskeyman -- 2/7/2006 10:20:22 PM > _____________________________ * Member: Bristol Historical Assoc...and, Friends of Steeles Creek Nature Center & Park President: Bristol Tenn-Va Bottle Club Author of: Spirits & Medicinal Bottles of Bristol,TN-VA. My WebSite: www.bristol-tenn-va-bottles.com (in reply to windingroads) Post #: 15

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