After handling a couple of pieces of nineteenth century Pennsylvania slip decorated red earthenware that I did not purchase, this was the first find I came across at the antique shows this week in Brimfield, Massachusetts. This is a wonderful nineteenth century salt-glazed stoneware recumbent lion that kind of reminds me of some examples attributed to the Haig Pottery and John Fritz in Philadelphia, although a little different. But I suspect this is an American-made object, possibly from Pennsylvania or Ohio, although I would not rule out New York as an origin either.
Furthermore, the lion measures over twelve inches in length. I was also told it was recently found in an old estate in New Hampshire.
Note: A research article I wrote about John Fritz will be published in a future issue of Antiques & Auction News.
19th Century Salt-Glazed Stoneware Recumbent Lion
Recently Found in an Estate in New Hampshire
I Found it This Week in Brimfield, Mass.
Possibly Made in Pennsylvania or Ohio
Measures 12 1/8" in Length
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Another View of the Lion
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Another View of the Lion
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A View of the Base
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These are two more of my finds in Brimfield this week - shown in the back is a circa 1930s earthenware apothecary jar made at the Rainbow Pottery in Sanford, North Carolina adorned in a great glaze, which reminds me of a very similar green and black glaze that was produced on red earthenware in Bristol County, Massachusetts, circa 1790-1830. The Rainbow Pottery operated about 1926-1941 and additional pictures of this object, including the ink mark on the base are posted to my personal Facebook and Instagram accounts.
The other object shown in the front to the right is a good green glazed red earthenware vase made about 1900 at the Merrimac Pottery Company in Newburyport, Massachusetts, whereas a nearly identical glaze can be seen on a Merrimac vase displayed in the
Robert A. Ellison Jr. Collection at the
Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City, among other museums across America.
(Back) 20th Century Earthenware Vase Made at the Rainbow Pottery in North Carolina
Recently Discovered in New Canaan, Connecticut
Circa 1926-1941
(Front Right) Circa 1900 Red Earthenware Vase with a Green Glaze
Made at the Merrimac Pottery in Newburyport, Mass.
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