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How to Identify a Five Gallon Pottery Jug With a Threaded Pottery Lid

Antique collecting covers a staggering variety of options, including old furniture, clothing and pottery. Earthenware jugs are a popular item among collectors. If you have a five gallon pottery jug with a threaded pottery lid you wish to identify, you are going to have to do a bit of leg work. Start by documenting all of the features your jug possesses and any features that make it unique.

Things You'll Need

Camera
Receipt

Instructions

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  Make notes on the color, shape, capacity, threads, symbols and any numbers stamped inside or on the base of the jug. Take photographs of these things as well, to be sure that you have a complete record.
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  Contact the manufacturing company. If you have a receipt for the purchase of the pottery jug call the company listed on it and ask for specific product information. Send photographs of the jug to the company to make identification easier.
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  Contact antique experts and ask for help tracking down the origin of the jug. Antique appraisers, pottery dealers, local museums and even pawn shop owners may be able to help you track down where your particular jug came from and put a value on it.

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