Redware jar of square body with four sides, each press-molded with the same recessed oval having raised design of C-scrolls, flowers and leaves. Corners of body are chamfered. Round neck supports a wide round mouth with protruding lip. No recess for a lid. Bottom is recessed with an impressed marking: "D. OBER,S./ POTTERY." Dark brown body has lead glaze overall. Three furniture marks on bottom from the firing.
Very small redware jar, squat ovoid shape with small foot ring and flaring rim. Orange-brown body, decorated with random slanted swaths of dark manganese. Tin glazed inside and out except for bottom 1/5 of exterior and bottom.
Unique inscription: "A Bixler" is impressed on bottom with printer's fraktur typeface.
East Earl Twp. or Brecknock Twp. Attributed to Absalom Bixler (1802-1884).
Miniature redware storage jar, reddish-brown body with manganese decoration on neck and shoulders with side drips. Tin glazed overall except for bottom.
Body is tall and cylindrical with slightly flared base, shoulders that slope upward to a minimal plain neck and mouth. Mid-line impressed band of "beads" and additional band very faintly impressed 1/4" above base.
Coloring is typical of pieces made by Jacob Medinger (1856-1932). Jacob's father, William Medinger, operated a pottery in Limerick, Montgomery Co., which was taken over by his three sons. By 1900, Jacob alone ran the pottery.
Perhaps Montgomery County, PA by Jacob Medinger (1856-1932).