Item 5093
 
Coming to you from Doc's Crocks  is this imposing 2 Gallon Stoneware Jug made and stamped by "E. & L. P. Norton, 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, p. 44)
 
This beauty sports the Pottery Stamp with Cobalt Wash and a Large Bird on a Branch in Strong Cobalt.  The bird is 8" from the tip of his or her beak to the tip of the tail feathers.   Stands 13 1/4" tall.
 
Exceptional Condition.  As made.  No damage of any kind.  
 
Ships double-boxed, insured, and FREE