Lot #: 476
Price Realized: $720.00
($600 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.
Two Pieces of Cobalt-Decorated Stoneware, Stamped "F. B. NORTON & CO / WORCESTER MASS," circa 1858-1877, a three-gallon semi-ovoid jug with large parrot-on-leaf motif, paired with a two-gallon churn with foliate motif, including a three-gallon Albany-slip-glazed churn lid. Provenance: William Bouck Collection. Jug with a tiny chip and hairlines to handle, some fry to cobalt, and in-the-firing pings and staining to surface, the spout with minor chips and minor surface lines. Churn with a minor handle chip, chipping and wear to inner rim for lid, black marker notation to underside, and a few in-the-firing pings to reverse. Lid with small chips and wear, does not fit churn. H (of jug) 16".
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
Exceptional Six-Gallon J. & E. NORTON / BENNINGTON, VT Crock w/ Elaborate Stag and Doe Scene
Outstanding J. & E. NORTON / BENNINGTON, VT Stoneware Jug with Double Pheasants
Outstanding J. & E. NORTON / BENNINGTON, VT Stoneware Jar w/ Extravagant Cobalt Deer Scene
J. & E. NORTON/ BENNINGTON, VT. Double Pheasants Stoneware Jug
