This is probably my favorite find this week at the antique shows in Brimfield, Massachusetts. I picked up this large nineteenth century red earthenware jar with a mottled green glaze from Victor, New York antiques dealer Gene Pratt; the jar retains some history of ownership in the Rochester, New York area, however the glaze is similar to some other shaped jars that were made in Mendon, New York by the Mormon leader Heber C. Kimball (1801-1868) in the 1820s to early 1830s (but this glaze is also found with wares made in Ontario, among other places). Kimball later founded the Mormon religion with Brigham Young (1801-1877), eventually relocating to Ohio and then Salt Lake City, Utah. Those jars are owned today by the Museum of Church History in Salt Lake City, and retain a rock-solid attribution, having descended through family ownership before being acquired by the Church.
There is also a jar with this type of glaze inscribed “Ice Cream” that is thought to have been made by Kimball owned by the Livingston County Historical Society Museum in New York. Additionally, there are also some jars known that I have posted to my website in the past that are thought to have been made by kimball and owned privately in New York today.
Interestingly, written on the base of this jar in pencil is an old inscription describing how this jar was used for “Applebutter” in the 1800s.
Furthermore, I wrote a lengthy research article about Kimball’s career for the April 2022 issue of Maine Antique Digest, titled, Heber C. Kimball: A Mormon Potter From Western New York.
Link to M.A.D. article: https://www.scribd.com/document/567109979/Herbert-Kimball-Feature-MAD-April-2022-Issue
A Good 19th-Century Mottled Green Glazed Red Earthenware Jar
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