Four-Quart Stoneware Batter Pail with Cobalt Floral Decoration, attributed to the Whites Pottery, Utica, NY, circa 1875, ovoid form with tubular pouring spout and wood-and-wire bail handle, decorated on the front with a slip-trailed design of a flowering plant with heavily-striped blossom and leaves. Slip-trailed "4" above decoration. Shallow chipping throughout edge of handle at base on reverse. Crazing to underside. A few tiny nicks to shoulder molding. A tight 4" crack from rim on side of pail. Some fry to cobalt.