Bottle 66980AA - Irish, Charles Truman  Put variants of this bottle on a shelf.

Impressed: // s // C.T.IRISH / PLANTAGINET WATER / DEPOT NO 5 / Place D'Armes, / MONTREAL. / 2 (in hollow block number) // c //
Dimensions: ? x ?
Manufacturer: Not Known
  Material: Pottery Design: None Mold Type: Free Form
  Form: Cylindrical Edge Design: None Plate Mold: No
  Shape: Jug Shape Base Design: None Plate Code: None
  Sides:   Shoulder Design: None Sealed: No
      Sunken Panels: None    
Pictures: None
Notes: Two gallon size. Blue was in letters. Attributed to Orrin Ballard at his stoneware factory in Burlington Vermont. By 1859, Orrin Ballard and his brother Alfred were making pots marked O.L. & A.K. Ballard/Burlington VT. There are crocks with this mark that carry the exact same design and 1862 date as the ones on this Montreal jug.

Variants

1. Gray, Smooth Base, Square Collar, Hand Thrown, Cork Stopper, Circulated: 1862 Only, Montreal, QC, Canada
Comments: None
Contributor/Source: Maple Leaf Auctions
 
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