While visiting Washington, D.C. and Pennsylvania earlier this month, I checked out some of the antique shops in Columbia, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, which is where I found this late nineteenth century painted red earthenware Etruscan revival formed vase with a lead glazed interior. The Victorian decoration was most likely added by an early owner, although it is well done, further embellishing the object.
I have always been drawn to this type of Grecian production with American potters, seeing that it was a large part of my research with my first book, titled, The Beverly Pottery: The Wares of Charles A. Lawrence. In fact, I think this type of production may have been more widespread in the late 1800s than what is realized today with utilitarian potters from the Mid-Atlantic region right up through New England, circa 1872-1910.
Nonetheless, this pot is American made, but I am not sure whether it was made in the Mid Atlantic region or in New England. Although, I did ask the people in the shop if they knew anything about it's history; they said they did not other than it having been in a dealer's space for sometime.
An Etruscan Shaped Red Earthenware Urn Made by an American Potter
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