Lot #: 440
Price Realized: $300.00
($250 hammer, plus 20% buyer's premium)
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Two Pieces of Salt-Glazed Stoneware, Frank B. Norton, Worcester, MA, circa 1858-1884, a rare three-gallon flowerpot with attached saucer, stamped "FRANK B. NORTON / WORCESTER MASS," with cobalt highlights to the maker's mark and capacity mark; paired with a two-gallon semi-ovoid jug with large daisy motif, stamped "F.B. NORTON SONS, / WORCESTER, MASS." Flowerpot with two long cracks from rim, one extending through saucer onto underside, large flakes to rim, a few additional rim chips, the saucer with an additional chip and short in-the-firing line. Jug with a 7/8" chip to underside at edge, minor base chipping, staining to surface, two minor spout chips, and a glazed-over scratch at base on front. H (of flowerpot) 10 1/4".
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