Lot #: 52
Price Realized: $258.75
($225 hammer, plus 15% buyer's premium)
PLEASE NOTE: This result is 11 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.
Two-Gallon Stoneware Crock with Cobalt Bird Decoration, Stamped "E & L P NORTON / BENNINGTON, VT.," circa 1875, cylindrical crock with lug handles, decorated with a slip-trailed cobalt design of a long-tailed bird perched on a leaf. X-shaped crack on front, with a small filled and colored chip to top of bird's head. Additional colored chip at rim. 3" in-the-firing separation from rim on reverse. Long colored crack from rim on reverse, beside another short crack. Small chip to one handle.
Click images to enlarge.
A Few of the Related Items We've Sold
Important J. & E. NORTON / BENNINGTON, VT Stoneware Water Cooler w/ Four Pheasants and House
Outstanding J. & E. NORTON / BENNINGTON, VT Stoneware Jug with Double Pheasants
Very Rare attrib. Norton (Bennington, VT) Stoneware Lion Jar w/ Cherry Valley, NY Advertising
JULIUS NORTON / BENNINGTON, VT. Presentation Stoneware Water Cooler w/ Incised Birds
Exceptional J. & E. NORTON / BENNINGTON, VT Stoneware Crock w/ Stag and Doe Scene
Outstanding J. & E. NORTON / BENNINGTON, VT Stoneware Jar w/ Extravagant Cobalt Deer Scene
