Double Sided Watercoolerc. 185023 1/2 x 15 x 15 " (59.7 x 38.1 x 38.1 cm)Salt-glazed stoneware with cobalt decorationGift of Jerry and Susan Lauren2015.14.201556095220Fenton & HancockContainersThe American Folk Art Museum believes this work to be in the public domain.stamped: 'Fenton & Hancock'St. JohnsburySt. JohnsburyUnited StatesVermontPaintingsSt. Johnsbury
Fenton & Hancock is a mark frequently seen on St. Johnsbury stoneware. Hancock was probably Frederick Hancock who came to America from England in 1829. He apprenticed in the pottery of Israel Seymour of Troy. In 1839 Hancock went to Bennington, and after a stint with the United States Pottery, married a niece of the Fenton family, subsequently joining the pottery the Fenton family had founded in St. Johnsbury in 1808. In 1858 Hancock went to Worcester as a partner of Franklin B. Norton. The St. Johnsbury pottery burned to the ground in 1859 and was never revived.Object information is a work in progress and may be updated with new research. Records are reviewed and revised, and the American Folk Art Museum welcomes additional information.
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Fenton & Hancock is a mark frequently seen on St. Johnsbury stoneware. Hancock was probably Frederick Hancock who came to America from England in 1829. He apprenticed in the pottery of Israel Seymour of Troy. In 1839 Hancock went to Bennington, and after a stint with the United States Pottery, married a niece of the Fenton family, subsequently joining the pottery the Fenton family had founded in St. Johnsbury in 1808. In 1858 Hancock went to Worcester as a partner of Franklin B. Norton. The St. Johnsbury pottery burned to the ground in 1859 and was never revived.Object information is a work in progress and may be updated with new research. Records are reviewed and revised, and the American Folk Art Museum welcomes additional information.
To help improve this record, please email photoservices@folkartmuseum.org