//
For internal use only
On Display: House - Pottery Room
Pot (Cake or butter pot, crock)
John Norton's Bennington Pottery
1855-1859
Category
Ceramics
Creator/Artist/Maker
John Norton's Bennington Pottery (Maker)
Place of Origin
Bennington; Vermont; Bennington; New England; United States; North America
Materials
- Stoneware (salt-glazed)
- Salt glaze
Museum Object Number
1962.0010
Credit Line/Donor
Museum purchase
Share Object
Complete Details
Object Number
1962.0010
Object Name
Pot (Cake or butter pot, crock)
Category
Ceramics
Creator (Role)
John Norton's Bennington Pottery (Maker)
Place of Origin
Bennington; Vermont; Bennington; New England; United States; North America
Date
1855-1859
Mark/Signature/Inscription/Label
Type: Mark
Location: Sidewall near rim.
Inscription: Stamped (impressed) "J. & E. NORTON/ BENNINGTON VT."
Type: Inscription
Location: Sidewall near rim
Inscription: Stamped (impressed) "2"
Mark/Signature: Yes
Materials
- Stoneware (salt-glazed)
- Salt glaze
Techniques
- Thrown
- Slip decorated
- Trailed
- Stamped (impressed)
Dimensions (inches)
9.055 (H) x 10.827 (L) x 10.374 (Diam)
Dimensions (centimeters)
23 (H) x 27.5 (L) x 26.35 (Diam)
Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes
Book: Webster, Donald Blake. 1971 Decorated Stoneware Pottery of North America.
• Published: p. 125, no. 151, noting related animal designs on other Norton potteries pieces, 1850s.Catalogue: Brandywine River Museum Antiques Show (catalogue).
• Published: p. 8, fig. 7Book: Zusy, Catherine. 1991 Norton Stoneware and American Redware.
• Information on maker.Catalogue: Crocker Farm, Inc. Crocker Farm Auction Catalogue.
• Standing deer (stag) and trees in similar style on crock by with different maker's mark: January 20, 2013 sale, lot 133, stamped "HAXTUN, OTTMAN, & CO. / FT. EDWARD, N.Y.," c. 1870