An Early 19th Century Red Earthenware Pitcher Recently Found Near Rochester, New York

While recently visiting Western New York to work on a New York book that I am currently writing, I studied all sorts of archaeology from late eighteenth and nineteenth century potter’s sites in the region. And among those sites was the archaeology of the Nathaniel Rochester (1752-1831) Pottery, who also founded the City of Rochester in 1817.

Surprisingly, while out there, I came across this circa 1820s red earthenware pitcher with a spotted raspberry and cream colored glaze (tough to accurately photograph) just outside of Rochester, whereas I believe it was made at the Rochester Pottery, seeing that many of the pitcher’s characteristics match archaeological evidence recovered at the site of the pottery.

Furthermore, this is not a type of glaze that I previously associated with Rochester, although the archaeology revealed a wide variety of glaze colors from all of the sites that I studied. In some cases, I saw glaze colors that were not previously known outside of archaeology to have been produced at specific businesses; the glaze on this pitcher may be an example of that, although this is a form of pitcher often associated with the Rochester Pottery.

An Early 19th Century Red Earthenware Pitcher

Early 19th Century Red Earthenware Pitcher Made in Western New York

I Believe It was Made at the Nathaniel Rochester Pottery in Rochester, N.Y.

Recently Found Near Rochester, N.Y.

Circa 1820s

Stands 8 1/8" Tall

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Another View of the Pitcher

The Pitcher is Decorated in a Raspberry and Cream Colored Glaze

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A View of the Handled

This Type of Handle is Found in the Rochester Pottery Archaeology

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