An Outstanding Slip-Decorated Red Earthenware Jug

This late eighteenth or early early century slip decorated red earthenware jug was brought to my house last weekend by Portsmouth, New Hampshire antiques dealer Hollis Brodrick. And it is great! However, I am not sure where it originated, but I suspect it was made in the Northeast and possibly New England. In fact, the jug was previously owned for decades by Roger Pheulpin, a collector and dealer from Gloucester, Massachusetts, who often got house calls throughout coastal Massachusetts, New Hampshire and Maine. Nonetheless, the glaze is unlike anything I have ever seen on a jug before!

Additionally, the glaze on this object reminds me (as well as others) of the glaze found on a red earthenware jar with its original lid that was previously owned by Ohio antiques dealer David Good and Pennsylvania antiques dealer Greg Kramer (see below), before it sold at Crocker Farm in Sparks, Maryland in the spring of 2023.

An Outstanding Slip-Decorated Red Earthenware Jug

My Niece Alexis Holding the Slip-Decated Red Earthenware Jug

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Late 18th or Early 19th Century Slip-Decorated Red Earthenware Jug

Owned for Many Years in Essex County, Mass.

Stands 4 1/2" Tall

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Another View of the Jug

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Another View of the Jug

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Early to Mid 19th Century Slip Decorated Red Earthenware Jar

The Lid is Original 

Stands 8" Tall with the Lid

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Photo Courtesy: Greg Kramer

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