These were a good find yesterday in Concord New Hampshire! In fact, to my knowledge, it is rare to come across two of these twentieth century salt-glazed hand-formed matching goose shaped stoneware sanders or shakers with cobalt attributed to the Owen family in Moore County, North Carolina. They survive in basically as-made condition.
Every now and again, good twentieth century stoneware from North Carolina shows up in New England - these geese are probably my favorite find, although my second favorite find is now owned privately in North Carolina. It was probably seven or eight years ago that I found a good salt-glazed stoneware jar or vase attributed to J. H. Owen, circa 1917-1923. The thought was the piece was most likely sold by Juliana Busbee (1876-1962) in her New York City tea room before the Jugtown Ware mark was added to pottery.
For more information about this type of production's connection to New York City, I suggest a story I wrote for the July 8, 2022 issue of Antiques & the Arts Weekly, titled, Rare Red Earthenware Urn Discovered At Newburyport Estate Auction.
Two Owen Family Stoneware Geese Sanders or Shakers Found Yesterday in N.H.
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