Red Earthenware in the Collection of the Woodman Museum in Dover, New Hampshire

I visited the Woodman Museum yesterday in Dover, New Hampshire with my niece Alexis, in order to see the museum's collection of ceramics, furniture, art and other types of decorative arts with histories of local ownership.The museum's campus is composed of four historic houses:

1. The circa 1818 Woodman House: Holds the museum's collection of rocks, minerals, fossils, and taxidermy specimens.
2. The circa 1675 Damn Garrison House: The Oldest house in Dover, which contains 800 artifacts from the colonial era.
3. The circa 1813 John Parker House: Aside from telling the story of one of America's foremost Abolitionists and ally of Abraham Lincoln (and, whose daughter, Lucy was secretly engaged to John Wilkes Booth), informs visitors of the socioeconomic history of Dover, primarily from the nineteenth century mills and textile designs that traveled the world. The Hale House also includes, on its second floor, some primary examples of Dover and Portsmouth, New Hampshire furniture and related art and artifacts.
4. The circa 1825 Keefe House: Contains the museum's library, where the collection of city records are stored for Dover, as well as the Thom Hindle Art Gallery.

The following group of objects construct the museum's collection of red earthenware, most of which are attributed to Rockingham County, New Hampshire. 

The most interesting object is likely a nineteenth century red earthenware jug that was reportedly "manufactured about 1822, and used by James Gerrish to store molasses. He carried it in a saddle bag when traveling between Durham, New Hampshire and Brunswick, Maine."

Red Earthenware Owned by Woodman Museum in Dover, NH

Early-18th Century Cupboard that Displays some Examples of Red Earthenware

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19th Century Red Earthenware Jug Probably from New Hampshire or Maine

"Manufactured about 1822, and used by James Gerrish to store molasses. He carried it in a saddle bag when traveling between Durham, New Hampshire and Brunswick, Maine"

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19th Century Red Earthenware Jug Attributed to Rockingham County, NH

Circa 1815

Reportedly Used to Store Vinegar

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19th Century Red Earthenware Jar

Purportedly from the Salem, Mass. Area

Similar Forms were Also Manufactured in North Yarmouth, ME
Circa 1840

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19th Century Red Earthenware Jug Attributed to Rockingham County, NH

Reportedly Used to Store Vinegar

Museum Suggests Circa 1720, But More Likely Circa 1820

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Late-18th Century REd Earthenware Jug Attributed to Rockingham County, NH

Circa 1780

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