Three Pieces of Cobalt-decorated Stoneware

Description:

Three Pieces of Cobalt-decorated Stoneware, a St. Johnsbury, Vermont, fern-decorated crock, a "Frank B..." bird-on-a-sprig-decorated two-gallon crock, and an Edmands & Co. decorated jug.
Estimate $200-250

St. Johnsbury crock- minor base edge chip, 2 in hairline from rim above one handle, mottled glaze likely in the making.
Bird crock- 8 in crack through leaf and bird motif, 4 in. crack from rim on the back, large crack behind one handle spreading to to underside of base, three shallow interior rim chips, the cobalt is a little fried.
Emands jug- several fine hairlines from mouth to shoulder, on front and lower quarter.


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