Archive For June, 2009

L.W. PORTER / 27 NORTH MARKET STREET / BOSTON

By Brandt Zipp | June 8, 2009

L.W. PORTER / 27 NORTH MARKET STREET / BOSTON Stoneware Advertising Jug made by J. & E. Norton in Bennington, Vermont.

The pheasant-on-stump design used at the pottery of Julius and Edward Norton in Bennington, Vermont, is a well-known, but not often seen, decoration that is highly valued by collectors. While most examples are impressed with the makers’ mark, “J & E NORTON / BENNINGTON, VT,” the example we will be selling in our July 11, [...]

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