Item 11793
 
Coming to you from Doc's Crocks is this wonderful 3 Gallon Stoneware Preserve Jar made and stamped by "E. & L. P. Norton & Co., Bennington, VT ."
 
This is the mark of Edward Norton and Luman Preston Norton, the son of Julius Norton, who worked together in the family pottery from 1861-1881 (William Ketchum, Jr., American Stoneware, pp. 43-44).
 
This beauty features a Larger Size, Pottery Stamp with Cobalt Wash, and Three Brushed Cobalt Leaves on a Stem Decoration.  The cobalt is dark, rich, and shiny!  Stands 12 1/4" tall.   
 
Very Good Condition.  Water glass staining inside, and two adjacent 1/4" chips inside the rim.  No outer rim or base chips, hairlines, cracks, outer stains, or restoration.  A stone ping on the back in the making. 
 
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