This is another object that I was surprised to learn was manufactured at the Goodwin Brothers Pottery in West Hartford, Connecticut in the late 1800s, seeing that this type of applied hand-formed rose decoration is almost always attributed to the Mid Atlantic Region today, such as the Shenandoah Valley and the Bell family in Waynesboro, Pennsylvania. Although, I suspect this type of rose decoration was more of a Victorian style that could have been produced anywhere in America. In fact, there are also a group of nineteenth century stoneware vases known to exist today decorated in this style that are regarded as having been made in either the Mid Atlantic or the Midwest. But this particular vase is a part of a large collection of wares from the Goodwin family that are owned by the Noah Webster House and the West Hartford Historical Society.
Nonetheless, the Goodwin family may be best known for their early red earthenware and stoneware production; however, the family pottery existed for more than a century in West Hartford, circa 1798-1908. They produced a wide variety of ancient style wares in the late 1800s similar to what some of the later potteries were producing elsewhere in New England during this period, especially some of the major businesses that existed in the Boston area after 1870.
I think this piece is great! It not only documents that this style of applied rose decoration was produced in West Hartford, but also how the form can be associated with the Etruscan revival trend that was popular in America in the late 1800s.
Red Earthenware Vase with Hand-Formed Roses Made in West Hartford, Connecticut
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