An Early 19th Century Stoneware Jar that Sold Today in Poughkeepsie, New York

I thought the sale of this early nineteenth century stoneware jar decorated with two impressed fish was exciting this evening, seeing that this jar is published in picture number 104 in my most recent book, South Amesbury's Red Earthenware & Stoneware: The 1791-1820 William Pecker Pottery. This jar just sold at Hyde Park Country Auctions in Poughkeepsie, New York. 

As I wrote in the book, this fish stamp is slightly different than the known fish stamp applied at the William Pecker Pottery in the early 1800s, although, there are other aspects about this jar that can be matched up with archaeological evidence, suggesting it may have been manufactured in South Amesbury (Merrimacport) about 1810. 

You will see that I posted a picture of William Pecker's known fish stamp below next to the fish stamp applied on this jar. There are obvious differences, but more evidence may prove that two fish stamps were applied at the Pecker Pottery, alongside Pecker's known bird and flower stamps.

Note: See LiveAuctioneers for the auction result. The jar was consigned from Florida, but it was previously owned by a really good collector in Maine, Toby Ramirez. I believe it was also previously found in New England.

An Early 19th Century Stoneware Jar that Sold Today in Poughkeepsie, New York

Early 19th Century Stoneware Jar Decorated with Two Impressed Fish

Published in Picture 104 in the Book I Wrote About the William Pecker Pottery

Aspects About this Jar Match Archaeology Recovered in South Amesbury (Merrimacport), Mass.

Circa 1810

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Another View of the Jar

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(Left) Known Fish Stamp Applied at the William Pecker Pottery

(Right) The Fish Stamp on is this Jar is Slightly Different

But More Evidence May Prove Two Fish Stamps Were Applied at the Pecker Pottery

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