I purchased this nineteenth century Pennsylvania polychrome slip decorated red earthenware flowerpot about fifteen years ago in southern New Hampshire; I thought I would post it today in order to see if anyone reading this has ever seen a flowerpot just like this before.
The colors used for the decoration as well as the color of the clay remind me of pottery made by George Wagner in Weissport, Carbon County, Pennsylvania in the late 1800s; although, it also seems to be similar to some wares made a lot earlier in the 1800s in places like Chester County, Pennsylvania.
Note: And while it is entirely unrelated to the type of pottery that I write about on this website, I want to mention that a very exciting estate sale that I have been picking through the last few weeks in Exeter, New Hampshire will be the subject of a research article I wrote that will be published in the June 17th issue of Antiques & the Arts Weekly. Some of the objects that were found in this multigenerational farmhouse and attached barn are incredible, and many of the objects have remained with the family since the 1800s. But at the least, everything sold in the estate descended through the family. In fact, the family has ties to Benjamin Harrison's (1833-1901) 1888 presidential campaign, and possibly even when Harrison visited Exeter in the summer of 1889. However, some utilitarian pottery was found in the estate that was most likely made in Exeter in the nineteenth century, although the article does not mention the pottery.
19th Century Polychrome Slip Decorated Red Earthenware Flowerpot
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