Item 11698
 
Coming to you from Doc's Crocks is this wonderful 4 Gallon Stoneware Jug 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 a Substantial Stylized Floral in Bright Cobalt Executed with a Slip Cup.  Stands 17" tall.  
 
Excellent Condition.  A 6" semi-circular surface craze line below the handle (closeup 1), and a 3 1/2" drying or firing line on the back bottom in the making. No chips, hairlines, cracks, stains, or restoration. 
 
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