The Zipps of Crocker Farm, based in Sparks, Md., an auction firm specializing in American stoneware and redware, announced a special America 250 online sale. Set for Wednesday, July 22, to Friday, July 31, the online sale will be headlined by an important folk art stoneware jar referred to as the The Patriot Jar. Probably New Jersey origin, third quarter of the 19th century, with incised cobalt decoration of a man carrying a flag, inscribed HAiL, this nearly 10-inch high stoneware jar with flared collar and slightly ovoid body ranks high in the canon of American folk ceramics. Provenance includes Peter Tillou and Don Walters. The jar will be a capstone on this summer sale celebrating the height of American ceramics. To learn more, email info@crockerfarm.com or visit www.crockerfarm.com.