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Manufacturer: UNKNOWN
This antique stoneware crock/jug could be McCoy, RRP, UHL, Zanesville pottery. After many hours of research, the closest I came to finding very similar photos of this jug is on the forementioned potters. All I do know about this jug is that grandfather had it and it was passed down to dad with the farm. It can possibly date back to the 1800's back in great grandfathers time.
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This jug/crock at one time had a lid with a wire clamp. It stored rendered grease/fat. It is very difficult to find these grease pots with the lid and wire clamp in tact. It is 9 inches high,7 inches wide base,and 4.25 inch wide mouth. I was told that this was hand thrown and glazed. The inside of the pot is chocolate brown as is the outside upper part of the jug. The rest of the body and the top of the rim is a light sand color. There are no cracks. There are three pottery bloopers on the outside wall of the jug. There are 4 chips around the mouth, 2 chips on the ledge, and 1 at the bottom of the jug and a glaze scrape on the bottom. For it being minimum of 100 years old, I think that this jug is doing very well in condition. In a book on monmouth western stoneware shows similar preserves/jam crocks. McCoy,RRP,UHL and Zanesville made a lot of preserve crocks similar to this one in the 1800's.
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