I honestly never thought that I would find a Russell Crook (1869-1955) stoneware vase made in South Lincoln, Massachusetts about 1910, seeing that it is a rare type of production to find to begin with, and it is also a subject that is somewhat well-known and heavily collected across the country. But I have always admired his production, along with the objects that he made at the Grueby Pottery in South Boston in the late 1800s and early 1900s. I have also always kept in mind that some of the salt-glazed stoneware that Crook made was not signed.
Although, I found a good example of one of his smaller stoneware vases about a month ago in Peabody, Massachusetts, which was just published in my latest feature story in the February 9, 2024 issue of Antiques And The Arts Weekly, titled, The Salt-Glazed Stoneware Made By Russell Crook, South Lincoln, Mass.: http://www.earlyamericanceramics.com/2024/01/published-feature-story-in-antiques-and.html?m=1. That vase was decorated with some type of cat, whereas most of the vases that I have seen from Crook are adorned with some sort of animal, as well as a black and blue glaze.
However, fast forward to today, and I just found a second stoneware vase made by Crook in South Lincoln in a shop in New Bedford, Massachusetts. It was not recognized as having been made by Crook and it is also not decorated with any type of animal, but the eight-inch tall hand-thrown salt-glazed stoneware vase is decorated with Crook's signature black and blue colors. A very lucky find, nonetheless!
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