Two Good Examples of New England Stoneware Sell at William Smith Auctions in New Hampshire

Some good examples of late eighteenth and nineteenth century American stoneware sold earlier this week at William Smith Auctions in Plainfield, New Hampshire. Those objects included a nineteenth century crock stamped ”J. & E. NORTON / BENNINGTON, VT," which was decorated in a cobalt scene that featured a deer beside a pine tree with a split-rail fence in the foreground, along with a hill, a pine tree, and a split-rail fence in the background. The jar did have some condition issues, but it ended up selling for $2,900 plus the buyer's premium. Furthermore, a very similar decorated crock is owned by the Bennington Museum in Vermont, which the museums indicates was manufactured during the circa 1850-1859 period.

The sale also included a late eighteenth or early nineteenth century stoneware jug that was probably made by Jonathan Fenton in Charlestown, Massachusetts in the 1790s. The jug is adorned in a style of fish that has been associated with Fenton before, which includes some objects that are stamped "Boston," as well as some other objects that are marked with Fenton's "JF" cartouche, such as a great example that was recently acquired by the New York State Museum in Albany, New York, as part of the Adam Weitsman Collection. The jug sold for $2,000 plus the auction premium.

Here is a link to the auction catalog, which includes other examples of American stoneware that sold, as well as a slip-script red earthenware plate that may have been made on Long Island in New York in the 1800s: https://www.liveauctioneers.com/catalog/295867_french-house-country-americana/

Two Good Examples of New England Stoneware

19th Century Stoneware Crock Stamped ”J. & E. NORTON / BENNINGTON, VT”

Decorated in Cobalt with a Reclining Deer Beside a Pine Tree with a Split-Rail Fence in the Foreground, Along with a Hill, a Pine Tree, and a Split-Rail Fence in the Background

Circa 1850-1859

Stands 11 1/2" Tall

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Late 18th or Early 19th Century Stoneware Jug Likely from Charlestown, Mass.

Probably Made by Jonathan Fenton in the 1790s

Stands 12" Tall

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