While waiting for a traffic light to change in a near by community, I noticed to my left an excavator was dumping its bucket on a hill of previously dumped dirt from the basement of an old building being torn down. Rolling down the dirt was this stoneware canning jar with a stuck on lid still in place. I quickly found a parking spot around the corner, ran back to the dig area, jumped over the "keep out" ribbon and ran to where the jar stopped. Quickly getting off that mound of dirt, for obvious reasons, I spotted a double eagle historical flask, grabbed that and escaped to my car with my treasures. Fortunately for me, and the items, the dirt was dry and a light washing off was all that was required. I've seen lots of stoneware storage and canning jars but never one with stenciled cobalt pattern...this one I think is a rose. It is a wax sealer style and holds a bit over a quart...it has no damage. I think the jar was made in my hometown, 3 miles away as two potteries were operating here starting in 1840s. I'd date this canning jar about 1865-1870. It is proudly displayed with other stoneware items from this same area. The flask is nothing special and should have been listed in another forum, but finding both in the same spot, at the same time, I've included it in this forum. It is an aqua-blue Pittsburg marked oval with an eagle on both sides.