Item 9103
 
Coming to you from Doc's Crocks is this Sweet Little 2 Gallon Cream Pot with Parrot on a Plume made and stamped by "F. B. Norton & Co., Worcester, Mass."
 
This is the mark of Frank Norton and Frederick Hancock who operated the pottery in Worcester using this stamp from 1858-1877 (William Ketchum, Jr., American Stoneware, pp. 52-53).
 
This beauty features a Semi-Squared Rim, Tooled Shoulder, Pottery Stamp with Cobalt Wash, Bulbous Body, and Cute Little Parrot on a Plume Decoration.  This was one of Norton's signature decorations and is typically found with gorgeous cobalt like this pot exhibits.  
Stands 7 3/4" tall.  
 
Excellent Condition.  An 1/8" nibble inside the rim and a 1/4" chip on the base.  That's it!  No outer rim chips, hairlines, cracks, stains, or restoration.  A narrow 1/2" sliver chip inside and two stone pings in the making. 
 
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