(Edgefield District, South Carolina, circa 1840s) likely made at the Horse Pen Creek Pottery, Kirksey's Crossroads, nicely rounded ovoid form with tannish green alkaline glaze, thick glaze runs from handles and shoulder, clearly applied iron slip "broken stem" decoration to both shoulders of jar, large arched up angled applied lug handles, rounded rim, 14-3/4 in.

glaze voids and anomalies as made, small chip to glaze at handle, two 1-1/4 in. hairlines to opposing sides of rim, associated 5 in. hairline in interior rim, four hairlines up from base, the largest being 5 in., 5-1/2 in. hairline around base with smaller hairlines running to base, hairline around base interior, 2 in. by 2 in. star hairline to exterior, illumination under blacklight of base interior, and exterior edge likely due to residue