Item 13257
 
Coming to you from Doc's Crocks is this wonderful 4 Gallon Stoneware Crock made and stamped by "Porter & Fraser, West Troy, N.Y."
 
This is the work of Nathan Porter and George Fraser who worked together in West Troy from 1846 to 1863 (William Ketchum, Jr., American Stoneware, p. 68).
 
This beauty features a Larger Size, Grooved Rim for Tying a Cover Over the Top, the Pottery Stamp with Cobalt Wash, and a Large Triple Floral Executed with a Slip Cup in Brilliant Cobalt.  Florals don't get much fancier than this one!  Measures 11 1/4" tall and 12 1/4" wide across the top.  
 
I don't recall ever seeing a piece of stoneware by this potter this large.
 
Very Good Condition.  Three 3/4" chips side by side inside the rim (closeup 1), A 1/4" chip at the base, and restoration of a 1/4" hole on the right side (closeup 2).  No outer rim chips, hairlines, cracks, or stains. 
 
Ships double-boxed, insured, and FREE
 
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