Bidspirit auction | Three-Gallon Brown Slip-Glazed Stoneware Storage

Three-Gallon Brown Slip-Glazed Stoneware Storage Jar with Victorian Decals - This cylindrical stoneware storage jar features a dark brown slip glaze. The jar is designed with two integrated, horizontal lug handles at the shoulder and a thick, flared, rounded rim. The exterior is decorated on one side with Victorian-era decals or transfers. The decoration includes two individual bust portraits of women in ornate, wide-brimmed hats and a larger lower scene showing a group of four women in period attire in an outdoor landscape. A large numeral 3 is incised on the upper shoulder, denoting a three-gallon capacity (photo 1). The interior displays prominent throwing rings and typical glaze variations (photo 4). The base is flat and unglazed with no visible maker marks, stamps, or signatures (photo 5). Height: 14.5 inches.