Edgefield Stoneware Storage Jar

possibly attributed to Lewis Miles, Stoney Bluff Manufactory, Horse Creek Valley, Edgefield District, circa 1850's, possibly made by Dave Drake, mottled under fired greenish brown alkaline glaze, bulbous jar form, inscribed "X" at shoulder near one of two applied lug handles, nicely rounded rim, 14 in. - Provenance: Collection of Dr. Joseph T. and Gaile E. Wingard, Jacksonville, Florida
Condition Report: glaze voids and anomalies as made, under fired glaze to entire form, handle with 1 in., 1/2 in., and minor chip, 1 in. chip to rim interior, 1 in. chip to rim exterior, 2 minor chips and wear to base edge, clay body anomalies to base edge and base as made