Rare Bennington Stork Water Pitcher W/Storks-Rams Head
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Thanks to another Ebayer I found out much more about this pitcher so am revising the description to be more accurate. It was designed by Charles Coxon for the Bennett Bros. pottery in Baltimore, ca 1853 and is ofter called the stork pitcher. Ref. The Maryland Historical Society and the bulletin of the American Circle. I'll start with the spout of this ice-water pitcher and tried to make the pictures follow my description. Forming the outside bottom is a rams head with eyes and horns. The top of the spout has 24 holes to keep the ice in. Both sides have 2 tall wading birds (storks), an acorn tree with acorns, cattails, leaves and many that inspected it saw other animals, birds and reptiles. I am only describing what I can clearly see. It has a very unusual handle which I thought was tree bark with a snake crawling around it. Others think it is an alligator or some other kind of animal. I can clearly see the snake from the bottom of the handle to the top w his head is. The original lid has an acorn for a handle and has no cracks or chips that I can see inside or out. Inside the pitcher is a protruding formation that is open near the bottom and goes up to the spout making it only possible to pour from the bottom. One side of the pitcher has an old chip that is less than 1/2 inch long and less than 1/4 inch wide. Other than that it is
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