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Large stoneware jug with oval body rising from narrow base. Loop handle. Light tan to gray glazed exterior with the following stamped under mouth: "SOLD BY JOSHUA DURGIN & CO, DRUGGISTS, NO 64 MIDDLE STREET, PORTLAND, 3." Stamped letters and number are tinted with blue glaze.
jugs (vessels)
stoneware (pottery)
stamping (forming)
glazing (coating)
Vessel
Jug
Jug
"SOLD BY / JOSHUA DURGIN & CO / DRUGGISTS / NO 64 MIDDLE STREET / PORTLAND / 3." (stamped)
Unknown
Portland, Maine, United States
17 (H), 12 (diameter) (inches)
Bequest of Miss Margaret Jewell
1970.81
Portland (Cumberland county, Maine)
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