Rare One-Gallon Vertical-Handled Stoneware Jar with Combed Decoration, Manhattan, NY origin, third quarter 18th century, ovoid jar with footed base, tooled shoulder, and ribbed vertical handles, the shoulder decorated with a wavy combed design on the front and reverse. Cobalt stripe decoration to shoulder. Cobalt highlights to handle terminals. Featuring an excellent, early period form and decoration, this jar was likely made within the first fifty years of stoneware production in Manhattan. Large Y-shaped line to midsection on one side, only a small part of which is visible on interior. Shallow base chips.