Item 12521
 
Coming to you from Doc's Crocks is this 2 Gallon Stoneware Crock made and Stamped by "N. A. White & Son, Utica, N.Y." 
 
This is the work of Nicholas White and his sons, William and Charles who ran the Whites of Utica family pottery from 1865-1886 (William Ketchum, Jr., American Stoneware , pp. 70-71). 
 
This beauty features the Pottery Stamp with Cobalt Wash, and an Orchid with Two Blossoms and Four Buds.  Vivid Cobalt.  Measures 9" tall and 10 1/2" wide across the top. 
 
Good Condition.  An 1 1/2" hairline from the rim (closeup), a 1" chip on the left handle, and scattered small glaze flakes.  No rim or base chips, cracks, stains, or restoration. 
 
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