Two Cobalt Blue Decorated Saltglaze Stoneware Jugs

Description:

Two Cobalt Blue Decorated Saltglaze Stoneware Jugs, Bennington, Vermont and West Troy, New York, c. 1860-80, two saltglazed stoneware jugs with cobalt blue decoration including one five-gallon jug marked "WEST TROY/POTTER/5" with bird on stump decoration (minor rim chip); and one four-gallon jug marked "J. NORTON & CO/BENNINGTON VT/4" with floral decoration (kiln dent below floral decoration),ht. 19, 17 1/4 in., respectively.
Estimate $500-700

Tiny mouth chips.


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