Crock with Standing Buck, Deer, and Tree1850–185913 3/4 x 14 x 14 "Salt-glazed stoneware with cobalt decorationGift of Jerry and Susan Lauren2015.14.501556125223J. & E. Norton John HilfingerContainersThe American Folk Art Museum believes this work to be in the public domain.http://nodes.emuseum.com/BU1BGBAG/apis/emuseum/network/v1/vocabularies/termMaster24550BenningtonBenningtonUnited StatesVermontPaintingsBennington
Bennington stoneware was founded in 1785 by Captain John Norton and carried on as a family business throughout the nineteenth century. A wildly successful pottery, it was well known for producing a wide variety of stoneware, earthenware, and ceramic vessels, including some of the most beautiful cobalt decorated images in American stoneware. In 1850 Julius Norton partnered with his cousin Edward and all pottery created in the decade of their association was marked with the J&E Norton, Bennington VT stamp. When Julius Norton died in 1861, the business was passed along to remaining family members under a new stamp.
Cobalt was used in early America to color glass, but it was not until the beginning of the nineteenth century that it was widely used to embellish stoneware. As cobalt was expensive and somewhat difficult to control, elaborate designs were clear indications of cost and status. Stoneware with cobalt decoration was among the fancy goods desired by the growing middle class.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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Bennington stoneware was founded in 1785 by Captain John Norton and carried on as a family business throughout the nineteenth century. A wildly successful pottery, it was well known for producing a wide variety of stoneware, earthenware, and ceramic vessels, including some of the most beautiful cobalt decorated images in American stoneware. In 1850 Julius Norton partnered with his cousin Edward and all pottery created in the decade of their association was marked with the J&E Norton, Bennington VT stamp. When Julius Norton died in 1861, the business was passed along to remaining family members under a new stamp.
Cobalt was used in early America to color glass, but it was not until the beginning of the nineteenth century that it was widely used to embellish stoneware. As cobalt was expensive and somewhat difficult to control, elaborate designs were clear indications of cost and status. Stoneware with cobalt decoration was among the fancy goods desired by the growing middle class.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