Item 11133
 
Coming to you from Doc's Crocks is this Whimsical 4 Gallon Crock whose decoration indicates that it was made by the Somerset Potters' Works of Somerset, Massachusetts.  
 
This pottery was operated by Leonard and Benjamin G. Chace from 1847-1882 (William Ketchum, Jr., American Stoneware, p. 51).
 
This beauty features a "Tornado in the Woods" parting a couple of trees (I have had too much coffee!).  The tornado has 10 loops and 52 dots (apparently I don't have enough to do either!).  The decoration is executed with a combination of slip cup and brush and fills the front of the crock with deep and shiny cobalt.  Measures 11" tall and 12" wide across the top.  
 
Excellent Condition. A narrow 1/4" chip on the right handle. Otherwise, as made!  Some stone pings in the making.  
 
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