Figure 25 Storage jar, Schermerhorn Pottery, Richmond, Virginia, 1817–1837. Salt-glazed stoneware. H. 13 1/2". Capacity: 3 gallons. (Private collection; photo, Kurt C. Russ.) This ovoid stoneware vessel with its pronounced rounded rim and applied crescent handles exhibits a bold brushed-cobalt open-petaled flower oriented horizontally and extending from a large cluster of cobalt leaves. In underglaze cobalt lettering on its base is written “Shafter Edward Drinkard.”