Lot #: 87
Price Realized: $450.00
($375 hammer, plus 20% buyer's premium)
PLEASE NOTE: The American ceramics market frequently changes, often dramatically. 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.
Five-Gallon Stoneware Crock with Cobalt Bird Decoration, Stamped "E & L P NORTON / BENNINGTON, VT:," circa 1870, cylindrical crock with tooled shoulder, semi-rounded rim, and applied lug handles, decorated with a slip-trailed design of a crested bird perched on a leaf, accented with a dotted trail. Slip-trailed "5" above. Cobalt highlight to maker's mark. A glazed-over chip to proper right handle. Rim chips. A small in-the-firing ping below bird. A 7" faint vertical surface line to reverse. Later inscription to underside written in faint blue. Some flecks of in-the-firing residue to rim. Minor staining to base area. H 12 3/4".
Click images to enlarge.
A Few of the Related Items We've Sold
Extraordinary J. & E. NORTON / BENNINGTON, VT Stoneware Churn w/ Elaborate Cobalt Horse Decoration
Very Rare and Fine J. & E. NORTON / BENNINGTON, VT Stoneware Jar w/ Elaborate Peacock on Branch
J. & E. NORTON/ BENNINGTON, VT. Double Pheasants Stoneware Jug
Outstanding J. & E. NORTON / BENNINGTON, VT Stoneware Jar w/ Extravagant Cobalt Deer Scene
Fine J. & E. NORTON / BENNINGTON, VT. Stoneware Deer Jug
JULIUS NORTON / BENNINGTON, VT. Presentation Stoneware Water Cooler w/ Incised Birds
Outstanding J. & E. NORTON / BENNINGTON, VT Stoneware Jug with Double Pheasants
Exceptional J. & E. NORTON / BENNINGTON, VT Stoneware Crock w/ Stag and Doe Scene
