MID-ATLANTIC DECORATED STONEWARE JARS, LOT OF TWO, salt-glazed, each of cylindrical form, having a flat-top rim and a beaded neck ring, comprising an approximately half-gallon capacity example and a "1" gallon capacity mark example. Each having brushed cobalt dropped decorations around shoulder, one with flower and feather and one with feather only design. Probably Philadelphia and Baltimore. Circa 1875. 8 1/2" H, 4 1/2" D rim and 10 1/4" H, 5 3/4" D rim.
One gallon example mostly undamaged with minor flake to beaded neck ring; half-gallon example with a few flakes to base edge and professional restoration to rim.
Provenance: The collection of the late Theodore "Ted" and Alvina Breckel, Oley, PA and Winnetka, IL.
Half-gallon example: Gene Bertolet, Antiques in the Valley Show, Oley, PA, 6/20/2014.
One-gallon example: Mary B. Delhamer, York (PA) Show, 4/25/1980.

One gallon example mostly undamaged with minor flake to beaded neck ring; half-gallon example with a few flakes to base edge and professional restoration to rim.