This is an early nineteenth century red earthenware jar owned by Long Island collector and researcher Chris Pickerell, which I believe was manufactured in Connecticut, probably at one of the potteries owned by the Goodwin or Seymour families in West Hartford. Although, what really strikes me about this jar is the use of slip on four sides, where one of the styles shown in the first photo closely resembles some slip decorated plates manufactured in places like Norwalk, Connecticut in the 1800s. Interestingly, these type of plates have also been recovered from nineteenth century contexts in New York City that predate 1840.
The form of this jar is also a style manufactured in the Hartford and Goshen, Connecticut area; it is manufactured with broad shoulders and then tapers down to a narrower base. I have previously written about similar jars, one from my private collection, as well as a jar owned privately in Rhode Island, along with others that were made at the Hervey Brooks (1779-1873) Pottery in Goshen.
An Early 19th Century Connecticut Slip Decorated Red Earthenware Jar
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