This small jug was acquired from a private collector, and it was almost immediately sold to another private collector.
I have always assumed that this jug possibly dates from the fourth-quarter of the eighteenth-century. I have also felt that it was possibly a product made in New Hampshire, potentially at the Peter Clark Pottery in Lyndeborough, New Hampshire before 1800. The form of the jug, the handle and the flat rim are what suggest that attribution (to me).
History: Peter Clark was a Braintree, Massachusetts potter in the 1760's; however, according to a diary that he kept, he chose to move his family to Lyndeborough, New Hampshire in January of 1775. This move helped pave the foundation for red earthenware potters, who established businesses in central New Hampshire in the nineteenth-century.
The Clark family also operated multiple businesses under three generations of ownership in Lyndeborough and Concord, New Hampshire during the circa 1775-1880's period.
It is said that Peter Clark was a trained Essex County and Southeastern Massachusetts potter, who took the skills that he learned in Massachusetts, and applied that style with his red earthenware production in New Hampshire. It is also documented that Clark used slip-decoration in the eighteenth-century. It has been reported by Massachusetts author, Lura Woodside Watkins (Early New England Potters and Their Wares) that he obtained the material he used to make slip in Essex County, Massachusetts.
Late-18th or Early-19th Century Slip-Decorated Red Earthenware Jug
Probably Made in Coastal Massachusetts or Southern Central Hampshire
Circa 1770-1810
Stands Approximately 3 1/2" Tall
Photo Courtesy: Samuel Herrup Antiques - Sheffield, Mass.
Another View of the Jug
Photo Courtesy: Samuel Herrup Antiques - Sheffield, Mass.
A Size Comparison of the Jug
Photo Courtesy: Samuel Herrup Antiques - Sheffield, Mass.
View of the Base
Photo Courtesy: Samuel Herrup Antiques - Sheffield, Mass.
It dawned on me a few days ago that I believe I own a jug that could be related to the jug that I just described - the jug that I own is very-similar in its form, its handle, the flattened rim, the large-rounded foot and its small handheld size.
This jug also sold in part one of southern Massachusetts collector, Earl Curry's lifelong collection that Willis Henry sold on November 16, 2013 in Plymouth, Massachusetts. Previously, the jug had been owned by Curry for decades.
According to Willis Henry, "...This half-pint ovoid jug is decorated with a flared lip, a lead glaze with manganese decoration - and, an applied handle, and a shaped and tooled foot."
It is interesting to note that this jug was then consigned to Crocker Farm in Sparks, Maryland in 2014 where it was purchased by Robesonia, Pennsylvania antiques dealer, Greg Kramer. I purchased this jug from Greg in August of 2014 at Antiques Week in New Hampshire.
I believe the price that I paid Greg for this jug was about the same price that it had originally sold for at Willis Henry's sale in 2013.
Late-18th or Early-19th Century Red Earthenware Jug
Probably Made in Coastal Massachusetts or Southern-Central New Hampshire
Stands 4 1/8" Tall
Circa 1780-1810
Ex-Earl Curry Collection - Massachusetts
Sold by Willis Henry Auctions in Massachusetts in 2013
Sold by Crocker Farm in Maryland in 2014
Purchased from Pennsylvania Antiques Dealer, Greg Kramer in 2014
Another View of the Jug
The Form of this Jug is Very-Similar to the Slip-Decorated Jug Discussed Above
View of the Handle
Please Stay Tuned...Much More to Come...
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