A 19th Century Slip Decorated Red Earthenware Object Found Today in New Hampshire with Possible Ties to Ontario

I am posting two very-short reports tonight that briefly discuss two objects that I found in New Hampshire today. I believe this first object may have been made in Ontario in the nineteenth-century. The style of the object is similar to some of the red earthenware products that are kept in the Harbinson Collection at the Canadian Museum of History in Gatineau, Quebec. Those objects represent some of the strongest examples known today from Pennsylvania-German potters, who migrated to Ontario in the 1800's.

This object is decorated with a multi-colored slip. This color pattern is represented on some of the red earthenware in the Harbinson Collection. The interior of the object is decorated with incised decoration, which partially includes a flower. I have seen this type of decoration from Pennsylvnaia-German potters before; although, I have mostly seen it on different styles of plates.

The rim of this object is decorated with a beautiful pinched decoration. There is also a lot of indented decoration that was accomplished by a mold.

When you look at the pictures shown below - you will see that the object has a blackened base, which indicates its frequent use over an open flame or a hot stove in the nineteenth-century.

 19th Century Slip Decorated Red Earthenware Bowl with Great Incised Decoration on the Interior

Possibly Made in Ontario

The Manner of this Bowl is Very-Similar to Some Objects in the Harbinson Collection

The Harbinson Collection is Kept at the Museum of Canadian History in Gatineau, Ontario

Circa 1840-1880

Stands 3 1/2" Tall

Measures 9 1/2" in Diameter

Found Today in a Back Room in a Shop in New Hampshire

 View of the Pinched Rim and the Impressed Thumb Decoration

View of the Blackened Base

Please Stay Tuned...Much More to Come...