Whiskey jug, Fulton County, ca. 1900, salt glaze and Albany slip. Several Atlanta-area potters made jugs for R. M. Rose, who
had a distillery at Vinings and a retail store in downtown Atlanta. Georgia's 1907 prohibition forced Rose to move his business
out of state, becoming Four Roses after his sons took it over. This Rose jug was hand-thrown on the potter's wheel, but some
were machine-molded. The cylindrical, ledge-shouldered "stack" jug shape arose in the late 1800s.
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