Item 10173
 
Coming to you from Doc's Crocks is this wonderful 5 Gallon Stoneware Churn 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 Classic Churn Form with the Pottery Stamp Residing Below the Rim and a Freehand Dotted Feather Gracing the Front.  Stands 18 1/2" tall.  Comes with an original lid. 
 
Excellent Condition.  Typical wear around the inner seating ring where the lid sits, a 1/4" chip under the left handle, and five small and faint y-shaped surface crazes (closeup).  No rim or base chips, hairlines, cracks, stains, or restoration.  Exceptionally Clean.  The lid has a couple minor nibbles on the top edge of the raised guide, a 3/4" chip restoration on the top (3 o'clock in the photo) and a 3/4" chip on the underside (3 o'clock in the photo).  
 
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