A Rare Bright Glazed Red Earthenware Pitcher Purchased Yesterday at the 60th Annual NHADA Antique Show in Manchester, New Hampshire

I acquired this rare beautifully glazed red earthenware pitcher yesterday from Maine antiques dealer, Bill Kelly at the 60th Annual NHADA Antique Show at the Radisson Hotel in downtown Manchester, New Hampshire. Bill told me that he bought this great object on the showroom floor during setup on Wednesday August 9th from a New Hampshire dealer, who also presumably found the pitcher in New Hampshire.

Personally, I feel this is one of the rarest pieces of red earthenware that I saw this year at Antiques Week in New Hampshire.

I am not positive, where this pitcher was made; however, I do feel that it is an eighteenth century object from either coastal Massachusetts or south-central New Hampshire, which certainly means that this is quite a rare object to find today. A translation of what I just wrote states that basically there was a lot less domestic utilitarian pottery produced in the eighteenth century versus the 1800s and most of it was destroyed years ago.

Nevertheless, this object could have been made anywhere from Boston's South Shore in places like Abington, Massachusetts or Quincy, Massachusetts right up through Boston's North Shore, where there were a number of potters in Essex County, Massachusetts.

But what makes this object over-the-top special is the spectacular glaze that is rare today for what survives from eighteenth century production.

However, this pitcher could have also been made at the Peter Clark Pottery in Braintree, Massachusetts or Lyndeborough, New Hampshire after 1765. Clark was an Essex County trained potter and his early production certainly resembled his training. I would not be surprised to learn that this pitcher is related to Peter Clark, either, which would make it an important object, as well.

Note: I would like to add that the unusual line found above the footed base (see below) is similar to a style that was also produced at the Peter Clark Pottery in Lyndeborough, New Hampshire after 1775. A jar with a comparable line and footed base attributed to Clark sold in 2011 at Northeast Auctions in Manchester, New Hampshire, but there is also a similar jar with this type of line and footed base that is attributed to Clark, which is owned by the Bennington, Museum in Bennington, Vermont.

Newly Discovered Pitcher Found in New Hampshire

 Large Red Earthenware Pitcher Likely Made in the Eighteenth Century

Probably Made in Coastal Mass. or South-Central NH
Circa 1765-1810

Stands 9 3/8" Tall

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 Another View of the Pitcher

 View of the Handle

View of the Footed Base

View of the Line Found Above the Foot

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