While out and about on the New Hampshire seacoast last weekend, I came across this large barrel formed red earthenware mug that is attributed to the John Farmer Clark (1832-1885) Pottery in Concord, New Hampshire. These types of mugs appear earlier, however this was a style of production that Clark produced in the 1870s and 1880s, whereas some of the mugs were inscribed with the names of political candidates and other inscriptions.
Additionally, similar mugs without an inscription are owned by some art museums and historical societies in New England, including the Currier Museum of Art in Manchester, New Hampshire, the New Hampshire Historical Society in Concord and Historic New England.
This particular mug will also be published in my forthcoming 557-page eighth book, titled, An Influential Family of Early Potters: The Clarks of New Hampshire and Related Businesses. This book will be available from my publisher Historic Beverly (among other museums, bookstores and retailers across the country) in the Fall of 2023 or the early part of Winter 2023/2024.
Note: For more information about red earthenware production in Concord, see a five-page feature story that I wrote for the June 2021 issue of Maine Antique Digest, titled, The Red Earthenware Industry in Concord, New Hampshire: https://www.scribd.com/document/508718656/Feature-Concord-Redware-Maine-Antique-Digest-June-2021
A 19th Century Red Earthenware Mug From Concord, N.H.
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2 comments:
I would like to see the bottom view
A friend owns it now but will see if I can get a photo of it sent.
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