A $5.00 Find at a Coastal Massachusetts Thrift Store

I guess the old saying, "persistence pays off," held true, yesterday, for my father, when he visited a thrift store in Salisbury, Massachusetts. He visits this particular store frequently in hopes of discovering a lost treasure. I occasionally joke with him saying that nothing ever appears in this active shop; however, yesterday, he proved me completely wrong. Truthfully, you never know what might appear.

My Dad found this nineteenth-century red earthenware jar placed in the front of the shop priced for only five-dollars. That's not a typo, either. He purchased it - and, when I saw him last night, he said, "You won't believe what I found in the thrift store today!? I hope it's something." He knew it was 'something.' He told me that since I found a pair of hand-blown nineteenth-century Lyndeboro, New Hampshire glass canes recently for his collection that he wanted me to have this jar for my collection.

This is a very-nice find. My guess is that it was recently found in a local house that was cleaned out - that's where this thrift store obtains a bulk of its inventory.

A very-similar formed, and decorated nineteenth-century red earthenware jar is attributed to Huntington, New York on Long Island in the book, 'Useful Art: Long Island Pottery,' which was written by Cynthia Arps Corbett. The attribution is the result of sherd evidence recovered at the site of the Huntington Pottery. According to Corbett, "These earthenware pots are typical of Huntington output. The potters produced thick-bodied ovoid vessels. These pots are supported by footed pedestal bases and topped by rimless collars. Below the ridge, two lug handles are mounted on either side of the pot. This type of pot shape and collar identify it as being made during the first quarter of the nineteenth-century."

Note: The jar still retains the thrift store price tags; however, the price tags did not photograph well - each tag reads, "$5.00."

 19th Century Red Earthenware Jar Likely Made at the Huntington Pottery - Long Island, NY

Found Yesterday in a Thrift Store in Salisbury, Mass.
Purchased for $5

Circa 1805-1860

Stands 9 1/2" Tall

 View of One Handle

 View of the Other Handle

 View of the Interior

View of the Base

Felt Not Original

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