Item 10483
 
Coming to you from Doc's Crocks is this splendid 3 Gallon Stoneware Churn made and stamped by "Frank B. Norton & Co., Worcester, Mass." 
 
This is the work of Frank Norton and  Frederick Hancock who made stoneware in Worcester from 1856-1877 (William Ketchum, Jr., American Stoneware, pp. 52-53).  
 
This beauty features a Small Size, Pottery Stamp with Cobalt Wash, and about the Largest Parrot on a Plume to be found on any Norton Stoneware!  The parrot is 10 1/2" long with feathered breast and dotted tail with 26 dots in all.  The plume has 9 leaves and culminates with 6 dots.  Bright and shiny cobalt used throughout the decoration.  Stands 15 1/4" tall.  
 
Excellent Condition.  Some scattered light staining on the back.  That's it!  No chips, hairlines, cracks, or restoration.  Some fine bubbling in the thickest part of the cobalt in the making.
 
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