NORTHEASTERN DECORATED EARTHENWARE / REDWARE JAR, lead-glazed with manganese splashes, approximately one-gallon capacity, ovoid form with a medium collar, having three bands of incised rings, a beaded neck, and eight incised wavy lines to shoulder, glaze stopping above foot. Probably Long Island, NY or Norwalk, CT. Mid 19th century. 9 1/2" H, 6 5/8" D rim.
Literature: Parallels Hunter (ed.) - Ceramics in America 2016, "Norwalk (Connecticut) Slip-script Pottery, the Potters, and Related Ware" by Richard Miller, p. 34, fig. 1; Hunter (ed.) - Ceramics in America 2003, "'Informed Conjecture': Collecting Long Island Redware", by Anthony W. Butera, Jr., p. 220, fig. 15.
Catalogue Note: Label to bottom of jar reads "HOYT POTTERY 1800-1830 / NORWALK, CONNECTICUT / eBay 09/12/24 $194.10".

From the collection of Ron & Kathy Napier, Front Royal, VA.

Rim having a couple minor shallow rim chips, some scattered chips to foot, and scattered glaze wear/loss especially to rim.