Here is another good find from this week at the antique shows in Brimfield, Massachusetts! This nineteenth century spotted green over a lighter colored green glazed red earthenware jar was recently found by Lunenburg, Massachusetts antiques dealer Mark Brightman in a dealer's space in Rachel Gurley's Antiques Gallery in Scarborough, Maine; although, he brought it with him to Brimfield, where I acquired it from his booth at Hertan's Antique Show.
Maine is also where I suspect this jar was made, circa 1825-1850, where spotted green glazed wares are associated today with a few different potteries located in the southern part of the state, typically some of the small communities to the west of Portland like Hollis and Buxton, as well as the Dodge Pottery in Portland.
Although, it was nearly ten years ago that I studied archaeological evidence recovered from what is thought to somehow be related to a potter's site in Limington, Maine, which may have been an extension of the Bickford family pottery (est. circa 1825) in Buxton. In fact, back then, an archaeologist in Maine said in casual conversation to me that the spots may have been the result of a potter intentionally applying a copper oxide decoration. However, others suggested that the dots may have been caused from copper impurities in the local clays that reacted with the glaze and heat from the kiln. Nonetheless, this type of spotted green glaze was found on a number of artifacts with different colored glazes in Limington; whereas, I have only seen a few surviving objects from Maine that are covered with this type of glaze, including a great jug that sold at Skinner in Boston in June 2008.
A Great 19th Century Green Glazed Red Earthenware Jar Acquired in Brimfield, Mass.
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