Rare J. & E. NORTON / BENNINGTON VT Stoneware Jug w/ Hawk Design
October 28, 2017 Stoneware Auction
Lot #: 223
Price Realized: $5,015.00
($4,250 hammer, plus 18% buyer's premium)
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Auction Highlight: October 28, 2017 Auction | New England Stoneware | Norton Pottery
Rare One-and-a-Half-Gallon Stoneware Jug with Cobalt Flying Hawk Decoration, Stamped "J. & E. NORTON / BENNINGTON VT.", circa 1855, cylindrical jug with semi-squared spout, decorated with a slip-trailed scene featuring a hawk with well-detailed wings, flying above a hilly landscape with fence. Cobalt highlights to maker's mark and capacity mark. A desirable Norton figural motif, scarce in its own right, even more difficult to find on a piece of this small size. Spout chips. A glazed-over base chip. A chip to underside at edge. A small U-shaped line at base. Some staining to surface.
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(Our next auction takes place March 21, 2020.)
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