A Mystery Possibly Solved: The Origin Behind a Known Group of Red Earthenware Pitchers

Thanks to Long Island (New York) collector, writer and past contributor to Ceramics in America, Anthony Butera - the questions in origin surrounding a group of manganese decorated nineteenth-century red earthenware pitchers that I recently posed last week may finally be solved. If you recall, I wrote about a group of pitchers that are all related to the pitcher shown below. It has been a mystery, in recent years as to where these objects originated from - I have heard attributions that include Virginia and New England, but no actual concrete proof to support either claim. I agree that the form seems to correspond with some pitchers made in coastal Massachusetts in the 1800's, but the glaze is what really throws me off.

It appears that an origin for these pitchers may now be solved as a result of an article written by Jeannette Lasansky titled, 'Pennsylvania Pottery in Berks County Collections.' The article identifies a red earthenware noggin decorated with a similar (unusual) glaze technique as seen on the pitcher of discussion - the noggin is identified as a product that was produced in southeastern Pennsylvania during the 1800-1850 period.

Jeanette Lasansky is a writer who has authored a few books on Pennsylvania pottery (among other non-related books), which includes the book, 'Central Pennsylvania Redware Pottery: 1780-1904'. According to Penn State University in Pennsylvania, 'Jeanette Lasansky is a graduate of Harpur College and the University of Iowa. She is a lecturer and a research associate at Bucknell University. She is also director of the Union County Oral Traditions Project and a recipient of ten grants for research, publication, and multimedia shows.'

 19th Century Red Earthenware Noggin Probably Made in Southeastern Pennsylvania

The Glaze Appears Related to the Pitcher in Origin

Circa 1800-1850

Stands 5 1/2" Tall
Photo Courtesy: Jeanette Lasansky - Pennsylvania

  19th Century Red Earthenware Pitcher Probably Made in Southeastern Pennsylvania
The Glaze Appears Related to the Noggin in Origin

Circa 1800-1850

Stands 4 1/2" Tall

Photo Courtesy: Crocker Farm - Sparks, MD

Another View of the Pitcher

Photo Courtesy: Crocker Farm - Sparks, MD

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A Wonderful 19th Century Miniature Essex County, Massachusetts Red Earthenware Pitcher Discovered at Todd's Farm Flea Market Today

This next object was discovered among a group of miniature red earthenware and stoneware pitchers that a dealer brought with him to Todd's Farm Flea Market in Rowley, Massachusetts today. I had never met the dealer before. The pitcher was found among a group of miniature pitchers that were made in North Carolina and at some of the art pottery businesses in Massachusetts in the 20th century. I asked the dealer where he found it - and, he told me that he just recently bought the entire collection from an estate sale in Marblehead, Massachusetts.

This wonderful small pitcher is decorated with multiple colors of slip - it matches in form and clay color to the types of pitchers that were made by Charles A. Lawrence in Beverly, Massachusetts in the 1860's. It's an extremely rare object. I have never seen a pitcher of this size made anywhere in Essex County, Massachusetts in the eighteenth or nineteenth-centuries before. The weight of it feels great! None-the-less, this small pitcher has added to my very-rare graduated set of slip decorated pitchers made in Beverly. The entire group is also seen below.

19th Century Miniature Red Earthenware Pitcher Attributed to the Lawrence Pottery in Beverly, MA

Circa 1860's

Stands 2 1/4" Tall

Recently Found in an Estate in Marblehead, MA

Purchased Today at Todd's Farm Flea Market in Rowley, MA

View of the Handle

Another View of the Pitcher

View of the Interior

View of the Base

View of the Graduated Set

Another View of the Graduated Set

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An Important Example of Southeastern Massachusetts Red Earthenware that I Acquired from a Friend in Maine Today

I am writing two reports today that will both be short in length; however, the purpose isn't to write a detailed story about either object - especially, this first object. Rather, it's more about the visuals of this important piece. Fortunately, I was able to obtain the following prized jug this morning from a friend of a mine, who was setup at a flea market in Maine. The known history of this jug began last summer when it appeared at Todd's Farm Flea Market in Rowley, Massachusetts for $10. I don't know where the dealer got it from, but it is assumed that it must have been involved with a house clean out (or something related) where they could sell such an object for only ten-bucks. Obviously, I wasn't the initial buyer - I never saw it, but I have heard stories about it for the past year. From there, the jug was sold to a friend of mine who lives in Maine. This particular friend is a collector of mostly New England-made objects, but he also told me that he would eventually sell the jug to me.

Today, I ran into him at a Maine flea market - he said he was finally ready to sell the jug and he had it with him for sale. He said, "I hope I made your day!" My reply, "You made my week!"

This jug is absolutely incredible! It's spectacular! Unfortunately, the handle is long-gone - but, honestly, it doesn't really matter to me. From what I can see - this jug is decorated in seven different shades of colors. Seven! It is also decorated with multiple colors of slip, a double-lip around the rim, the typical thick rounded foot seen on southeastern Massachusetts products - and, a very-nicely applied set of comb decoration, as well.

Personally, I believe this jug is one of the finest examples of southeastern Massachusetts pottery that I have ever held from the eighteenth or nineteenth-centuries. It's definitely museum quality! What a find!?

Red Earthenware Jug

 18th/19th Century Red Earthenware Jug Made in Southeastern Massachusetts

Circa 1780-1820

Stands 8 1/4" Tall

Absolutely Breathtaking Decoration

Appeared at Todd's Farm Flea Market in Rowley, Mass. in the Summer of 2014

I Acquired it From a Friend Today at a Maine Flea Market

 Another View of the Decoration

 Another View of the Decoration

 Another View of the Decoration

 View of the Missing Handle

View of the Rounded Foot

The jug reminds me of this southeastern Massachusetts pitcher that Pook & Pook Auctions in Downington, Pennsylvania handled in 2007; however, I feel an argument could be made that the jug is decorated with more vibrant colors. It's likely the pitcher and the jug were made by the same potter around the turn of the nineteenth-century. 

Red Earthenware Pitcher

 18th/19th Century Red Earthenware Pitcher Made in Southeastern Massachusetts

Circa 1780-1820

Stands 8" Tall

Absolutely Breathtaking Decoration on this Pitcher, Too

Sold in Pennsylvania in 2007

Photo Courtesy: Pook & Pook Auctions - Downington, PA

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An Unusual Red Earthenware Form Discovered Today in a Shop in Salem, Massachusetts

I visited a thrift-type shop in Salem, Massachusetts today on my way home from work - although, I wouldn't necessarily entirely classify the shop as a thrift store, but for the sake of writing about today's visit - that's probably the best way to describe the business. The shop also occasionally holds Monday night discovery auctions - and, they typically sell antiques, too. From what I've been told, the majority of their inventory comes from the immediate area by way of house calls, house clean outs and estate sales.

Tonight, I wanted to briefly write about an example of painted red earthenware that I discovered in this shop today that is in the form of a nineteenth or twenty-century milk can. Currently, I don't know what exactly to make of this object, but it is colorful and attractive. Undoubtedly, the potter must have been inspired by a milk can to create such a form. The object is painted in a beautiful combination of green, yellow and red, which I believe are original. Hand-modeled flowers, vines and leaves have also been applied to both sides of the red earthenware milk can.

For a little background information: the use of the milk can became popular in Europe in the 1870's and it likely spread to America soon after. The purpose of the can (or sometimes called a churn) was originally put in place to help transport large amounts of milk to a specific destination. The means of transportation varied, but trains were one of the resources used to ship these type of milk holders. The milk cans also came in multiple gallon capacities (sizes varied) - and, they also sometimes found their way into the American household. 

Generally, industrial milk cans were a product that was popular from the 1870's period to roughly the 1940's. Undoubtedly, the red earthenware milk can that I discovered today never held milk - rather, my interpretation is that it may have served as a porch vase. An online search today revealed that souvenir miniature stoneware milk cans and stoneware milk cans produced for the kitchen (i.e. storage jars) were made in places like Ohio in the twenty-century; however, there is no comparison between those products and my discovery today. Never-the-less, this is definitely an interesting object in a style that I have never seen before.

Vintage American-Made Milk Can

Circa 1870-1940's

Stands 25" Tall

Photo Courtesy: Vintique Rental

 20th Century Painted Red Earthenware Vase in the Form of a Milk Can

Decorated with Hand-Modeled and Hand-Applied Flowers, Vines and Leaves

Stands 19 1/2" Tall

Found Today in a Shop in Salem, Mass.

 View of One of the Handles

 View of the Interior

View of the Base 

Pictured here is the possible porch vase that I found today next to a milk can that I found at a Newburyport, Massachusetts yard sale a few years ago. The can is in a different form since it has only one handle; however, the body's form is very similar to the vase that I discovered today. This can is marked 'C. VIALL DAIRY / PROVIDENCE, R.I.' - - and, it likely dates from the 1930's.

(Right) 20th Century Milk Can Stamped 'C. VIALL DARY / PROVIDENCE, R.I.'

Circa 1930's

Stands 17" Tall

Found at a Yard Sale in Newburyport, Mass. a Few Years Ago

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A Fine 19th Century Edgefield, South Carolina Stoneware Jar that is Scheduled to Sell this Weekend in Georgia

In 2014, Wooten & Wooten Auctioneers in Camden, South Carolina handled the lifelong collection of Edgefield, South Carolina collector, Terry Ferrell who assembled an important collection of more than one-hundred examples of locally produced utilitarian stoneware that included some very-rare and virtually one-of-a-kind objects. Jeremy Wooten, President of Wooten & Wooten Auctioneers said, "This was one of the finest collections of southern stoneware that had ever been assembled." Many of the objects in the collection had been on display at Terry Ferrell's Antiques and the Terry Ferrell Museum in downtown Edgefield. Mr. Ferrell created a museum in his shop that displayed the collection. The way I visualize this display today is I envision an exhibit that is similar to how Nassau, New York antiques collector and dealer, Timothy Bailey displays his museum-quality stoneware in his shop that was made in the Albany, New York-area in the early-nineteenth-century. If you haven't visited Tim's shop - it's worth a visit if you're ever in the Albany-area.

Terry Ferrell told the Aiken Standard Newspaper in South Carolina in 2013 "The history (of these objects) was one of the main things that intrigued me, and the romance still continues (today)."

History accompany's all historic American utilitarian potter's today; however, the South Carolina potter's industry engulfed a fascinating history with the realization of the interaction that happened between white and black potters in the 1800's. Traditionally, white potters are what made up most of any given potter's industry. It was different in South Carolina - and, especially the Edgefield District, which has a rich history of white potters and African-American potters producing utilitarian objects for use in local households.

 South Carolina Stoneware Collector, Terry Ferrell

The Lifelong Ferrell Collection Sold at Wooten & Wooten in South Carolina in 2014
Much of the Collection was Picked Locally Starting in the 1960's

Photo Courtesy: Aiken Standard Newspaper - Aiken, SC

(Left) Terry Ferrell and (Right) His Son, Stephen Ferrell

Both Men are Considered Very-Knowledgeable About Edgefield, SC Pottery

 Photo Courtesy: Aiken Standard Newspaper - Aiken, SC

 Part of the Ferrell Stoneware Collection on Display at the Family Museum in Edgefield, SC

Photo Courtesy: Aiken Standard Newspaper - Aiken, SC

Group of South Carolina Face Jugs from the Ferrell Collection on Display at the Family Museum

Photo Courtesy: Aiken Standard Newspaper - Aiken, SC

The Ferrell collection, in-fact, included such objects that were produced by white potters and enslaved African-American potters in South Carolina in the 1800's - the potters and businesses that were included in the collection saw such names as Thomas Chandler, Collin Rhodes, Jesse Bodie, John Landrum, Colonel Thomas Davies and Dave Drake, to name a few. The auction saw heavy bidding from both private collectors and museums, alike with prices that soared well into the tens-of-thousands (of dollars) for the most-prized objects.

Overall, the Edgefield stoneware face jugs did very-well; however, it has only been a little more than a year now since that important sale happened - and, I wonder if those face jugs would have fared better today with the current strong demand for such objects especially after the buzz that was created by the Edgefield-made face jug that sold at Crocker Farm in July, which saw a record setting price of $92,000 (including buyer's premium). The current scholarship and archaeology that has largely contributed to this demand was available in 2014, but the interest is evidently expanding way past what's currently available in the public marketplace - only time will tell whether the Crocker Farm jug was the height of the market - or, if sale prices will continue to rise for such historically significant Edgefield-made objects.

19th Century Alkaline-Glazed Stoneware Face Jug - Edgefield District, SC

Circa 1860's

Stands 5" Tall

Sold for $92,000 (Including Premiums) on July 18, 2015 at Crocker Farm in Sparks, MD

Photo Courtesy: Dr. Corbett Toussaint

The Ferrell collection began in the 1960's - and, it was partially (mostly) assembled from picking local yard sales, flea markets and antique shops. The most prominent objects in the sale (based on the sale prices) comprised a monumental sized stoneware water cooler made by Thomas Chandler at Kirksey's Crossroads (an area named after the local tavern owner, John Kirksey) in the Edgefield District about mid-nineteenth-century - and, another jar, that may have also been made by Chandler in another part of the Edgefield District at the Phoenix Factory, which was a potter's business where Chandler was employed. The jar is inscribed 'Phoenix Factory / 1840'. Potentially, these jars may represent two phases of Chandler's career in South Carolina as a local business owner (water cooler) and as an employed potter at another business (jar).

Thomas Chandler was a Baltimore, Maryland-trained potter (with ties to potters in Philadelphia and New York City) - afterwards, he sought out work in South Carolina where he appeared in the late-1830's. Chandler's name is largely significant today aside from just the pots that he produced - he also had a large impact and influence on the stoneware face jugs that were produced in Edgefield in the nineteenth-century.

The following water cooler and jar are considered two of the finest examples of southern stoneware known today. They were both previously on loan at the Morris Museum of Art in Augusta, Georgia. The water cooler was purchased by Dr. Corbett Toussaint and Dr. Phillip Toussaint of South Carolina during the Ferrell Sale - and, it will soon be on loan displayed in the Susan S. Mariner Gallery at the Museum of Early Southern Decorative Arts in Winston-Salem, North Carolina.

Edgefield, SC Water Cooler

 19th Century Stoneware Water Cooler Made by Thomas M. Chandler - Edgefield, SC

Circa 1850

Stands 20" Tall

Ferrell Collection
Sold for $65,000 Before Premiums in 2014
Will Be on Display at MESDA in North Carolina this Fall

Photo Courtesy: Wooten & Wooten Auctioneers - Camden, SC

 View of Thomas M. Chandler's Stamp 'CHANDLER MAKER'

Photo Courtesy: Wooten & Wooten Auctioneers - Camden, SC

View of One of the Handles

Photo Courtesy: Wooten & Wooten Auctioneers - Camden, SC

Edgefield, SC Dated Jar

 19th Century Stoneware Jar Possibly Made by Thomas M. Chandler - Edgefield, SC

Inscribed 'Phoenix Factory / 1840'

Stands 19 1/2" Tall

Ferrell Collection
Sold for $75,000 Before Premiums in 2014

Photo Courtesy: Wooten & Wooten Auctioneers - Camden, SC

 Another View of the Jar

View of the Inscription 'Phoenix Factory / 1840'

Photo Courtesy: Wooten & Wooten Auctioneers - Camden, SC

View of the Inscription 'Phoenix Factory, 1840'

Photo Courtesy: Wooten & Wooten Auctioneers - Camden, SC

Although, it may not be as prominent (or, monumental) as the important Thomas Chandler jars (previously mentioned) that sold in the Ferrell Sale at Wooten & Wooten (note: there were more examples of Chandler-related stoneware in the Ferrell Collection), but the following jar, which was likely also made by Thomas Chandler around the mid-1840's is an object that could have easily been an accent point with the rest of the pottery at the Ferrell Museum. This particular jar stands roughly ten-inches tall - its decoration is in keeping with other styles regularly attributed to Chandler's work at Kirksey's Crossroads in Edgefield today. The jar is scheduled to sell this weekend as part of a collection at Golden Memories Auction Company in Mountain City, Georgia. The history behind the Edgefield-area and its potters is amazing - and, much of that history can be tied with this jar. I don't expect this jar to sell for thousands-and-thousands of dollars, but it is still a strong example of Chandler's work - and, a solid example for any collection.

19th Century Stoneware Jar Likely Made by Thomas Chandler - Kirksey's Crossroads, Edgefield, SC

Circa 1845

Stands Roughly 10" Tall

Scheduled to Sell at Golden Memories Auction Co. in Mountain City Georgia on August 29, 2015

Photo Courtesy: Golden Memories Auction Company - Mountain City, GA

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A Particular Form and Decorated 19th Century American-Made Red Earthenware Pitcher with an Unknown Identity

The following group of small red earthenware pitchers is a subject that I have been rather stumped with since 2010. I've never been able to determine a true region or maker for where these pitchers were produced. Each object is decorated with manganese that was applied when the potter held the pot upside down and the manganese streaked towards the top of the pitcher.

Due to the smaller size of the objects in this report - I would probably lean towards suggesting that these forms were probably used more as a creamer - rather, than a traditional pitcher, which was used for water or other liquids. From the pitchers that I have handled that are related to these objects - none (or most), appear to have never been used over an open flame seeing that most of the bases do not appear to be blackened

The first time that I saw one of these pitchers was at the Kelly Young Sale at Crocker Farm in Sparks, Maryland in January of 2010, According to Crocker Farm, "William Kelly Young was born in Fort Worth, Texas in 1933. In 1959, he joined his father full time at the Marshall R. Young Drilling (Oil) Company. Upon his father's death in 1976, Kelly and his brothers successfully operated the company, and it still continues today.

Beginning in the mid-1980's, Young began to focus his collecting interests on American redware and stoneware pottery. He became a familiar face at antique shows up and down the East Coast, easily recognizable by his cowboy hat, leather boots, and warm personality. On his buying trips, Young established connections and friendships with several leading dealers and collectors in the American pottery community, some of which he maintained for the next two decades. In the early 1990's, Young was a frequent buyer at the New York City auction houses Christie's and Sotheby's. His collection covered a vast range of American pottery output during the 19th and 20th centuries, with products made in New England, New York, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Virginia, North and South Carolina, Georgia and Texas, represented."

The following pitcher was included in Kelly Young's collection, which Crocker Farm sold in 2010 - it was identified as a "late-19th century American-made redware pitcher (that stood only four and one-half inches tall).".

 19th Century American-Made Red Earthenware Pitcher

Stands 4 1/2" Tall

Photo Courtesy: Crocker Farm - Sparks, MD

Another View of the Pitcher

Photo Courtesy: Crocker Farm - Sparks, MD

I have spoken with a few dealers who have owned these pitchers over the years - and, some have felt they may have been made in New England in the nineteenth-century; however, none have been completely certain of that attribution. Myself included - the form appears like it could have been made in New England, but I have been unable to pinpoint where it was made. None-the-less, these forms have appeared in various contexts in recent years; aside from the example that Kelly Young owned in Texas for many years - I have also seen examples owned in Chicago, Illinois, Pennsylvania and Massachusetts.

This next pitcher was recently offered by Antiques Associates at West Townsend, Massachusetts which is a high-quality shop that is mostly brokered material from dealers, private collectors and sometimes even museums. Unfortunately, I don't know the history of this piece, but as you can see, it is almost a mirror image of the pitcher that sold in Kelly Young's collection five-years ago.

19th Century American-Made Red Earthenware Pitcher

Stands 4 3/4" Tall

Photo Courtesy: Antiques Associates at West Townsend, Massachusetts

The reason for this report today is because of a related pitcher that is set to sell at Burnt Chimney Auction Gallery in Wirtz, Virginia this weekend on Saturday July 29th. The auction house describes the pitcher as a product that was made in the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia in the nineteenth-century. I assume the attribution may be based on where the pitcher was discovered or where it was consigned from, which may be the result of a Virginia household or a private antiques collector 

This pitcher now marks the sixth example of this style pitcher that I know of today - and, they have all appeared in various contexts from around the county. I am positive these pitchers are American-made, but 'where' is the million-dollar question. Interestingly, I cannot recall having seen any other forms with this type (or manner) of dripped manganese glaze before that could be related to these pitchers. The combination of glaze colors is not unique - these colors are seen on objects from New England, Long Island, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Virginia, Tennessee and I am sure other states, too.

19th Century American-Made Red Earthenware Pitcher

Stands 6" Tall

Photo Courtesy: Burnt Chimney Auction Gallery - Wirtz, VA

If anyone reading this has any insight or knowledge of where this formed pitcher was made - please, feel free to share or leave feedback. It would be greatly appreciated!

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Christopher Alexander Haun: An Important 19th Century East Tennessee Red Earthenware Potter Who Died Unexpectedly During the Civil War

Regionally, potters in a historical context have interesting memoirs that they could share today with how their perception or reality appeared with the circumstances that surrounded them during the years that led up to the American Revolution - and, the years that followed. For example, there are actual documents that reveal that some potters fought during the Revolutionary War; however, the acts of oppression that many potters also suffered, as a result of the revolution, hampered many potter's businesses before, during and after the war. These stories have not been entirely told from the potters point of view today - even though, I think it would be a fascinating story for anyone to hear.

The American Civil War also took its toll on the American potter's industry - especially, the potters who were employed in the southern states. The Civil War is responsible for many examples of southern pottery being destroyed - which I could only begin to realize what important pottery may have been lost forever during the 1861-1865 period.

Today, I would like to focus on an area that I have, yet to write about on this website - the Great Road pottery made in eastern Tennessee in the eighteenth and nineteenth-centuries. According to the Blue Ridge Institute and Museum in Ferrum, Virginia, "The Great Road was a name given to a section of the primary route from Philadelphia west to Tennessee or Kentucky. It followed the Indian Trail known as the Great Warrior Path along river valleys and through mountain passes. From Philadelphia to Roanoke, Virginia, it was called the Great Philadelphia Wagon Road, and from Roanoke west it was simply known as the Great Road. It served people traveling by horse and on foot from 1770, and by 1796 it was open to wagons at least as far as Abingdon in Washington County, Virginia."

There's no doubt the stories that could be told by the nineteenth-century Great Road potters is countless; however, the east Tennessee potter, Christopher Alexander Haun is a story that I would like to share today since he combines a particular interest in the Civil War.

Christopher Haun was a potter from Greene County, Tennessee, who threw red earthenware in an area known as Pottertown, which was a location know for its Union views during the Civil War. Haun was a part-time potter which helped supplement his income as a full-time farmer; although, his surviving wares are considered some of the most beautiful and accomplished wares made in the American south today. He may have seen more success in his lifetime as a potter if he had been employed in an urban area, but that's debatable. For a New England comparison - Haun can be compared today to some of the rural Maine potters who also used the potter's craft as a means to supplement their income in the 1820-1880 period. I'm not comparing Haun's work to these Maine potters - rather, I am suggesting that he operated in a similar manner.

It's also merely a coincidence today that Haun drew his clay from a nearby source at Lick Creek, which would later become a location that would develop into a deciding factor in Haun's unfortunate fate.

The Knoxville, Tennessee auctioneer, John Case told a brief story about Haun's untimely death recently on his company's website in connection to an important green-glazed red earthenware ring bottle, that was made by Haun, which sold for more than $30,000 in 2014; "Christopher Haun was a Union sympathizer during the Civil War and participated in burning a Confederate railroad bridge (Lick Creek) in Greene County, Tennessee. This important event in East Tennessee Civil War history was initiated with a campaign by Union loyalists to burn nine bridges. It was led by William B. Carter and strongly supported and encouraged by President Abraham Lincoln. Several potters from the Pottertown, Tennessee area were among the men who conspired and succeeding the bridge. The potters decided not to capture or kill the Confederated bridge guards, but allowed them to go free based upon their solemn promises to not reveal their identities. Union troops did not materialized as promised  and the Confederates were able to pursue and capture some of the perpetrators. The Confederate guards, who were allowed to live, were the very ones who served as witnesses to implicate the five men who were hung, four of them potters. Among those sentenced to death was the potter Christopher Alexander Haun. On December 11th, 1861, Haun was hung from the gallows in Knoxville, Tennessee."

C.A. Haun Departing from His Family Before Execution - December 11, 1861

Wood Engraving Published in 1862

Photo Courtesy: Library of Congress - Washington, D.C.

Auction Central News described the ring bottle and what museum it will appear at in a recent online article, "(The ring bottle) is as fresh as the day it was made. The form was glazed in a bright snake green produced by copper oxide and covered in complex pressed patterns. Purchased with a purpose in mind, the unusual form is headed to the Museum of Early Southern Decorative Arts in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, where it will go on display in the William C. and Susan S. Mariner Southern Ceramics Gallery scheduled to open in October of 2015."

Knoxville, TN Auctioneer John Case Holding the Ring Bottle

Photo Courtesy: Auction Central News

 19th Century Green Glazed Red Earthenware Ring Bottle

Produced by Christopher Alexander Haun - Greene County, TN

Photo Courtesy: Case Antiques - Knoxville, TN

 Another View of the Ring Bottle

Photo Courtesy: Case Antiques - Knoxville, TN

Another View of the Ring Bottle

Photo Courtesy: Case Antiques - Knoxville, TN

Case Antiques Auctions & Appraisals in Knoxville has handled the majority of Haun's rare work in recent years; although, it is also believed that there are significant examples still held in private collections today. There are likely previously undiscovered or undocumented examples, too. 

Shown below are a number of the prominent examples that Case Antiques has handled since 2007. These are the only examples that I have been able to find through auction results online, that sold publicly, which were either stamped by Haun's mark (C.A. HAUN) or attributed to Haun in the past ten-years. Despite any obvious damage or wear found on some of the objects below, it shouldn't be surprising, either that each of these examples, sold for very-strong amounts.

 19th Century Red Earthenware Jar Made by Christopher Alexander Haun - Greene County, TN

The Jar is Stamped 'C.A. HAUN'

Stands 13" Tall

Photo Courtesy: Case Antiques - Knoxville, TN

View of the 'C.A. HAUN' Stamp

Photo Courtesy: Case Antiques - Knoxville, TN

19th Century Red Earthenware Jar Attributed to Christopher Alexander Haun - Greene County, TN

Stands 5 7/8" Tall

Photo Courtesy: Case Antiques - Knoxville, TN

 19th Century Red Earthenware Pitcher Made by Christopher Alexander Haun - Greene County, TN

The Pitcher's Rim is Stamped 'C.A. HAUN'

Stands 8 1/4" Tall

Photo Courtesy: Case Antiques - Knoxville, TN

View of the Broken Handle

Photo Courtesy: Case Antiques - Knoxville, TN

19th Century Red Earthenware Jar Attributed to Christopher Alexander Haun - Greene County, TN

Stands 6 3/8" Tall

Photo Courtesy: Case Antiques - Knoxville, TN

19th Century Red Earthenware Jar Made by Christopher Alexander Haun - Greene County, TN

The Jar is Stamped 'C.A. HAUN'

Stands 10" Tall

Photo Courtesy: Case Antiques - Knoxville, TN

Another View of the Jar

Photo Courtesy: Case Antiques - Knoxville, TN

19th Century Red Earthenware Pitcher Attributed to Christopher A. Haun - Greene County, TN

Stands 4 1/2" Tall

Photo Courtesy: Case Antiques - Knoxville, TN

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