A bellied jar in the crown-contrast family of the 1848–1899 run — cousin to 1854’s knapped ridge and 1874’s dark plate: the swollen dark body rises to a chalky, torn pale crown, and white glassy-looking patches settle in the shoulder’s hollows like snow that found the dents. Angular mouth, rough clumped shoulder, both photos agreeing.
What pooled in the hollows? Something white and glossy-looking that sits low where the shoulder dips — a look the photos prove and the page declines to name. Piece 1881 of 10,000, listed at $18.81.
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