The ovoid jug is Impressed "C. CROLIUS/ MANHATTAN WELLS/ NEW-YORK" Clarkson Crolius Jr., New York, circa 1820. The mug with incised and blue decorated banding and impressed ATLANTIC GARDEN/50 BOWERY The inside covered with Albany slip; the jar with a stenciled inscription Jas. Hamiltion/& Co./Greensboro PA

Provenance: A New York Private Collection

Dimensions:
Height of the jar: 7 7/8 in.
Height of the cup: 5 in.
Height of the jug: 7 7/8 in.

The jug has a very shallow chip on the left foot rim (1/4x1/4 in.). In the front there is a glaze flake (3/16 x 3/16 in.). Two tiny nicks at the foot rim. There is shallow chip and attached cockspur from the firing process. Located on the lower rear right side of the jug. Several other minute glaze flakes on the rear of jug.

The Jar with a 1 3/4 in.x 3/4 in. chip at the front lower base. Several minor chips on inner rim. Cover of the period but possibly associated. The cup has a 3/4 in.x 1/8 in. chip to the lower right base.