I have seen a handful of nineteenth century stoneware and earthenware smoking stands and tobacco boxes through the years, and typically most of the objects that I have handled were made in places like Europe and Canada. Although, I had never seen anything like this object before.
This is a nineteenth century rustic style hand-modeled slip decorated red earthenware smoking stand that was recently discovered in an estate in Ohio. The figures include a frog with some slip decoration, a lizard and a tree stump. There is also traces of slip decoration elsewhere on the object.
Furthermore, I believe the basic shape of this smoking stand (not the rustic part) is inspired after European production, but this is not European made. And by no means am I making this attribution, although among the places that produced this type of rustic ware for tobacco use in the 1800s was the Prince Edward Island Pottery in Canada after 1880.
For more information about the Prince Edward Island Pottery - here is a link to an article written by D.B Webster and available through the University of New Brunswick: https://journals.lib.unb.ca/index.php/MCR/article/view/17148/22851
Nevertheless, I would also not rule out the possibility that this object was manufactured in Ohio, seeing there was an influx of European trained potters who migrated there in the 1800s, and a Pennsylvania origin is certainly a possibility, as well.
Update: After posting this article, some feedback believes this object was made in Ohio after 1860.
A 19th Century Rustic Style Red Earthenware Smoking Stand
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