3 gallon jar or crock - anybody know where it came from? Catawba River area

[recyclebella]

Hi. Thanks for reading my post. I have a 3 gallon clay crock or jar and was curious if anyone knew anything about it. It is stamped with the number 3 and has two small attached handles on the sides. The glaze is brown and the clay on the bottom where it is not glazed is lighter brown with a pink tint. I can find no marks except for the number 3, but I like the jar because you can see four fingerprints in the glaze on the bottom. I live less than 2 miles from the Catawba river and found this locally, but I don't know if it is from around here or not. Any help would be appreciated.

 

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[tattooedmomma]

3 gallon possibly redware?

 

[Curious The George]

That's not Catawba Valley pottery. Looks like something from up North to me. The glaze is Albany Slip and the Catawba Valley potters didn't use that.