In the spring of 2023, I acquired the large nineteenth century double-handled red earthenware crock with a mottled green glaze shown on the top row from a friend, who purchased a group of pottery that was thought to have been found in a barn of some sorts in central New Hampshire.
Fast forward to a few days ago, while I was in the Lakes Region in New Hampshire working on a forthcoming feature story for Antiques And The Arts Weekly, I learned about the crock shown on the bottom row; this crock was just discovered in an old house in Sandwich, New Hampshire, which is located just to the north of Moultonborough and the most northern part of Lake Winnipesaukee. The thought is that this crock was made somewhere in the area, whereas there was production in Moultonborough and Meredith, among possibly other areas in the Lake Winnipesaukee area in the 1800s.
Furthermore, both of these objects do share similarities in the way they were produced, and wares made to the north of Concord, New Hampshire is a subject that can be overlooked today. Northern New Hampshire red earthenware production is also a subject that is discussed in detail in my forthcoming 625-page New Hampshire book, titled, An Influential Family of Early Potters: The Clarks of New Hampshire and Related Businesses. In fact, among the potters that were influenced by the Clarks was surprising Gerry Williams (1926-2014), who was a part of the important studio pottery movement in New Hampshire in the twentieth century, a subject that I highlight and explain in detail in the last chapter of the book.
Red Earthenware Crock Found in an Early House in Sandwich, N.H.
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