A Rare 19th Century Red Earthenware Jug Acquired Last Week that May Have Been Made in Southern or Central New Hampshire, Circa 1780-1860

This is another piece of nineteenth century red earthenware that I successfully purchased last week at a William Smith auction in Plainfield, New Hampshire. This was not something that I specifically went after; although, it was a part of a group lot that I won.

This jug was consigned to the auction by a 90-year-old gentleman living in Vermont, who likely found many of the antiques that he had collected over the past 50-to-60 years in Vermont and the central and northern New Hampshire region.

Nonetheless, I studied this skillfully-made jug for a little bit on my front porch last evening, and I feel it may have been made at one of the potter's businesses in the Concord, New Hampshire area, circa 1830-1860. The handle (and speckled glaze) really reminds me of similar handles that I have seen attributed to the Joseph Hazeltine (1799-1880) Pottery in Concord. But I have also seen similar formed jugs that are attributed to the Clark family in Concord and Lyndeborough, New Hampshire, circa 1780-1860.

Notes: Here is a link to a story that I posted last year, which covers the archaeology of the Joseph Hazeltine Pottery in Concord, New Hampshire and some related objects that are owned by the New Hampshire Antiquarian Society in Hopkinton, New Hampshire.

Here is also a link to a story that I posted last year about a few pieces of red earthenware that I have discovered, which are attributed to the Joseph Hazeltine Pottery. A similar handle can also be seen in this article that is comparable to the handle on this jug.

And, here is also a link to an article that I wrote for the August 2016 edition of the New England Antiques Journal, which discusses in detail the Clark family in southern and central New Hampshire in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries.

Red Earthenware Jug

19th Century Red Earthenware Jug Possibly Made in the Concord, NH Area
But Also Possibly Made in the Lyndenborough, NH Area
Previously Owned for Decades by a Vermont Collector
Stands 9 3/8" Tall
Possibly Circa 1780-1860
See Article for More Information

View of the Handle

Similar Handles are Attributed to Joseph Hazeltine Pottery in Concord, NH

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Another View of the Handle

View of the Neck and Rim

View of the Footed Base

View of the Base

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