Item 11840
 
Coming to you from Doc's Crocks is this wonderful 4 Gallon Stoneware Crock made and stamped by "Frank 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 Diagonal Stylized Floral with Dotted Swirl Center.  Measures 11" tall and 11 1/2" wide across the top. 
 
Very Good Condition.  Traces of water glass staining inside, and a narrow 1" chip inside the rim. No outer rim or base chips, hairlines, cracks, or restoration.  
 
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