This nineteenth century red earthenware jar has a surprising story! So a few weeks ago, a jar that looked like this jar sold in a country auction that I saw online in Western New Hampshire. Although the jar did not look like much based on what I saw in the photos; however, Warren, Massachusetts potter Rick Hamelin generously sent me pictures of what looked like the same jar earlier this week in a group shop located along the Vermont and New Hampshire border. I decided to take a ride out there a few days ago to see the jar, and it turned out to be the same jar that was in the auction. And for some reason, the jar was priced at a lower price than it sold for in the auction, although I am not sure how that happened.
Nevertheless, I picked the jar up in the shop and I could see that it was covered in grease, layers of filth and old red paint. It had to have been in a basement or a barn for many years. But I could not see any of this in the auction photos, other than it looked like a darker glaze with very little shine to it.Furthermore, I spent a few hours a couple of nights ago cleaning the jar, and what I realized when I was done that I could not see beforehand is that this is most likely one of the largest jars that I have ever seen probably made by the Safford family in Monmouth, Maine, circa 1840s or so, standing nearly thirteen inches tall.
Red Earthenware Jar that Recently Surfaced in Western New Hampshire
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