A Comparison of Whimsical Red Earthenware Houses: A House Owned by Winterthur and a House Found in Portsmouth, New Hampshire

Quickly, I want to make a comparison between a whimsical nineteenth-century red earthenware house that is owned by Winterthur in Wilmington, Delaware, and a whimsical red earthenware house that I discovered at a Nan Gurley Antique Show on New Year's Day in Portsmouth, New Hampshire. There are similarities in the construction of these two objects. Neither served any type of functional utilitarian need; rather, they are hand-modeled and incised houses that were strictly decorative.

Winterthur's object is the closest comparison that I have been able to make to the house that I found in Portsmouth. Winterthur attributes their house to an unidentified Pennsylvania potter from the circa 1840-1890 period.

Winterthur House

 19th Century Red Earthenware Whimsical House Attributed to Pennsylvania

Circa 1840-1890

Measures 7 3/4" by 6 1/4" by 7 1/4"

Photo Courtesy: Winterthur - Wilmington, DE

Another View of the House

Photo Courtesy: Winterthur - Wilmington, DE

House Discovered in Portsmouth, NH

 Wondeful Hand-Sculpted Red Earthenware House

Possibly Made by a Pennsylvania Potter

Possibly Circa 1860-1930

Stands 7" Tall with the Chimney

Measures 9 1/8" Long

Measures 5 7/8" Wide

Purchased Yesterday at an Antique Show in Portsmouth, NH

 View of the Cobalt Decorated Door

 View of One Side of the House

 View of the Back of the House

View of the Roof

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