One of the Best Red Earthenware Forms Made in Vermont in the 1800s

It was first published in The Magazine Antiques in 1922 that this form of jar was manufactured in Portland, Maine in the nineteenth century; the jar was illustrated among a group of lead glazed red earthenware and stoneware objects owned by the Metropolitan Museum of Art in Manhattan. However, this is a form that has been largely misinterpreted over the years.

For instance, more recently a very similar jar sold as part of the Dr. Ed Robertson Collection at Northeast Auctions in the summer of 2011 in Manchester, New Hampshire, which was also identified as having been produced in Portland. Although, a similar jar was also illustrated a few years back in a feature story titled Made in Maine, which was published in Antiques & Fine Art Magazine.

Nevertheless, this is actually a form that was made in Vermont in the 1800s, a state whose red earthenware industry is a subject that deserves a lot more attention today. There were more red earthenware potteries and much more production than what is largely recognized. I feel that part of this oversight can be attributed to the prolific stoneware industry found throughout Vermont in the nineteenth century.

I have been meaning to write about this form of jar for a few years now, but I did mention it in November of last year when a collection of Vermont pottery sold at Skinner in Boston: "Another object of interest was lot number 291, a beautiful multi-colored red earthenware jar that had been badly damaged and repaired. This type of jar and decoration is regularly attributed to Maine today, but this is actually a type of production from Vermont. I also consider this type of glaze to be one of the more prolific brands of production found in Vermont in the 1800s."

Various Vermont Red Earthenware Jars

 19th Century Red Earthenware Jar Attributed to Vermont

This Type of Decoration and Form is Commonly Attributed to Maine Today
This Jar was Published with a Portland, ME Attribution in The Magazine Antiques in 1922

Stands 9 7/8" Tall

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Photo Courtesy: Metropolitan Museum of Art

Information Currently on Display

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Photo Courtesy: Metropolitan Museum of Art

19th Century Red Earthenware Jar Attributed in Vermont

This Type of Decoration and Form is Commonly Attributed to Maine Today

Stands 9 3/4" Tall

Ex-Dr. Ed Robertson Collection

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Photo Courtesy: Northeast Auctions

(Right) 19th Century Red Earthenware Jar Made in Vermont

This Type of Decoration and Form is Commonly Attributed to Maine Today

(Middle) The Pan May Also be From Vermont

Both Ex-Ron and Penny Dionne Collection

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Photo Courtesy: Antiques & Fine Art Magazine, Ray Egan

19th Century Red Earthenware Jar Made in Vermont

This Type of Decoration and Form is Commonly Attributed to Maine Today

Sold in a Collection of Vermont Pottery in Boston in November 2018

Stands 10" Tall

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Photo Courtesy: Skinner

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