Lot #: 367
Price Realized: $210.00
($175 hammer, plus 20% buyer's premium)
PLEASE NOTE: This result is 4 years old, and the American ceramics market frequently changes. Additionally, small nuances of color, condition, shape, etc. can mean huge differences in price. If you're interested in having us sell a similar item for you, please contact us here.
Four-Gallon Stoneware Jar with Floral Decoration, Stamped "NORTON & FENTON, / BENNINGTON Vt," circa 1844-1847, ovoid jar with flared rim and applied lug handles, decorated with a brushed design of a floral spray featuring two large blossoms and smaller buds. Cobalt highlights to maker's mark and capacity mark. Rim chips. A 1 1/2" flake to top of rim. Small chips to interior of rim and inner rim for lid. An in-the-firing contact mark to front of jar. An approximately 4 1/2" star-shaped spider line to far left side of jar's front. Two short in-the-firing lines at base.
Click images to enlarge.
A Few of the Related Items We've Sold
Very Rare attrib. Norton (Bennington, VT) Stoneware Lion Jar w/ Cherry Valley, NY Advertising
J. & E. NORTON/ BENNINGTON, VT. Double Pheasants Stoneware Jug
JULIUS NORTON / BENNINGTON, VT. Presentation Stoneware Water Cooler w/ Incised Birds
Exceptional J. & E. NORTON / BENNINGTON, VT Stoneware Crock w/ Stag and Doe Scene
Fine J. & E. NORTON / BENNINGTON, VT. Stoneware Deer Jug
Important J. & E. NORTON / BENNINGTON, VT Stoneware Water Cooler w/ Four Pheasants and House
