A Rare 19th Century Red Earthenware Colander Discovered on eBay Yesterday

In 2013, Port Dover, Ontario auctioneer, Jim Anderson sold a nineteenth-century red earthenware colander that was attributed to Waterloo County, Ontario. The object was considered a rare form to find from any Ontario potter today - it sold as lot number 140 in the Paul Albright Collection of Canadian-made decorative objects.

Yesterday, I was looking at eBay curiously wondering what I could find hidden on the site; although, I do not normally buy online since I prefer to hold an object in-hand before I purchase it. However, I feel there are always exceptions to that rule, as well. Therefore, I was surprised when I saw a listing for a red earthenware colander that matched the Albright's colander in form and glaze.

The colander on eBay was listed by a seller in Middletown, New York, which is a city located in Orange County, New York - Middletown is about one-hundred miles to the southwest of Albany, New York, and roughly seventy-five miles northwest of New York City.

Understandably, I could not resist leaving this reasonably priced object on eBay, so I quickly purchased it.

Note: Colanders were also a popular form made in western New York in the nineteenth-century - for example, there are a few wonderfully-glazed colanders that survive today, which were produced in Morganville, New York, circa 1840-1860.

Colander that Sold in Ontario in 2013

19th Century Red Earthenware Colander Attributed to Waterloo County, Ontario

Circa 1840-1880

Appears to be Around 13" in Diameter

Sold in 2013 as Part of the Albright Collection in Elora, ON

Photo Courtesy: Jim Anderson Auctions - Port Dover, ON

Colander Purchased from Middletown, New York

 19th Century Red Earthenware Colander Attributed to Waterloo County, Ontario
Circa 1840-1880
Stands 4 1/2" Tall
Measures 13" in Diameter
Photo Courtesy: eBay

 Another View of the Colander

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View of the Base

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