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Saturday, June 8, 2019

Red Earthenware Jar that Sold Almost Ten-Years Ago in Vermont

While going through some old pictures yesterday, I came across these images buried in my Gmail account of a nicely glazed red earthenware jar that sold in a small sale almost ten-years ago. According to the information that I have on file with this object, it was consigned to Prozzo Auction Gallery in Rutland, Vermont from a local estate. The jar is attributed to Vermont, and very possibly made in the Middlebury, Vermont area sometime during the early-to-mid nineteenth century.

The reason why I am posting these images this morning is because of the glaze, which is also comparable to colors found on pottery produced in Maine, Massachusetts, maybe New Hampshire, Western New York and Ontario. Glazes can be produced anywhere, thus why I would suggest rarely ever using a glaze as a means of attribution, and instead use the form to determine that information.

I sometimes like to say that you can not create an attribution for an artist based on paint color alone; it is about the composition, the subject and the manner that the artwork was created. It's the same with pottery; a glaze can be created at any business, but it's the hand-thrown object that reveals the potter's work of art.

Red Earthenware Jar that Sold in Vermont