Excellent Late-18th or Early-19th Century Red Earthenware Jar Found in a Rhode Island Estate

An early-nineteenth century red earthenware cup will be on display at the Newburyport, Massachusetts pottery exhibit, beginning this weekend at the Custom House Maritime Museum in Newburyport - the cup was made at William Pecker's business in Merrimacport, Massachusetts, and it was discovered earlier this summer inside an old estate in Rhode Island.

However, also found in that estate was this beautiful late-eighteenth or early-nineteenth century red earthenware jar, likely made by Peter Clark (1743-1826) in Lyndeborough, New Hampshire; otherwise, another potter located somewhere along Boston's South Shore or southeastern Massachusetts. 

I recently acquired this piece from Sagamore, Massachusetts antiques dealer, Brian Cullity who purchased this jar from the person handling the Rhode Island estate, while I bought the Pecker Pottery cup. And granted this is a Clark jar, then very few objects in this form are known to exist today with the most famous of those likely being an example owned by the New Hampshire Historical Society in Concord, New Hampshire. The museum's jar was reportedly made during the 1790-1810 period, and measures about the same height.

The lid also appears to be original; it certainly is the correct shape for the type of lids made by Clark, and it fits the jar very well. 

For more information about Peter Clark, I recommend a feature story I wrote for the August 2016 issue of the New England Antiques Journal, titled, "A Pottery Moves to New Hampshire: Peter Clark and His Family in Lyndeborough.

Excellent New England Red Earthenware Jar

Late-18th or Early-19th Century Red Earthenware Jar
Likely Made by Peter Clark in Lyndeborough, NH or Another Potter in Southeastern Mass.
Recently Discovered in an Estate in Rhode Island
Stands 8 1/4" Tall
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Another View of the Jar

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