A Fine Five Gallon Stoneware Churn with Cobalt

A Fine Five Gallon Stoneware Churn with Cobalt Stenciled Eagle

Jas. Hamilton & Co., Greensboro, Pennsylvania, Third Quarter 19th Century

tall clyindrical form with tall tooled rim and applied lug handles, with cobalt squiggle lines and flourishes above a complex central stencil of a spread-winged eagle clutching arrows with Jas. Hamilton & Co banner, with a separate Greensboro. PA. stencil below and two squiggle lines above a third stencil advertising the capacity at the base, straight stripes at top and bottom, handles with applied cobalt dashes.

Height 18 1/4 inches.
Condition Report: body of churn with several grease stains, brown oxidation new rear on right. Small chip to rim and left handle.