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Wonderful antique Snider & Barton stoneware bottle featuring the name impressed prominently around the shoulder.
The bottle has a classic utilitarian form with a tall tapered shoulder, cylindrical body, thick rounded mouth, and warm tan/brown salt-glazed finish. Visible throwing and tooling lines give the piece wonderful character and are consistent with traditional stoneware production.
Details:
* Marked: SNIDER & BARTON
* Material: Glazed stoneware / pottery
* Color: Warm tan, beige and brown
* Approx. 10.5” tall
* Wheel-thrown appearance
* Heavy utilitarian bottle form
* Beautiful aged surface and natural variations in the glaze
Condition: Good antique condition with age-related surface wear, glaze variations, discoloration, firing imperfections and other characteristics associated with early utilitarian stoneware. Please review all photographs carefully, as they are an important part of the condition description.
The impressed Snider & Barton marking makes this an especially interesting piece for collectors of antique advertising stoneware, merchant bottles, early American pottery and primitive country décor.
Age and exact origin have not been definitively established, so the piece is being sold based on the visible markings and construction rather than an attributed date or pottery.