A Rare Late 18th or 19th Century Red Earthenware Jar Surrounded with Figures of St. Ambrose Found in Indiana

This is a follow-up story to an article that I posted to this website a few weeks ago, titled, An Important Signed Red Earthenware Jar Made in the Mid-Atlantic Region in America in the Early 1790s; that article discuses a style of red earthenware jar apparently made in both the Mid-Atlantic region in the 1790s, as well as in Ontario, Canada in the 1820s. The jars are believed to have been made by Daniel Reichard (1780-1859) probably in Pennsylvania and by a potter named Jacob Bock (1789-1867) in Waterloo, Ontario. 

These types of jars are surrounded with images of Saint Ambrose (ca. 340-397 AD), one of the most influential ecclesiastical figures of the 4th century, who was the Roman governor of Liguria and Emilia, based in Milan, before being made Bishop of Milan by popular acclamation in 374 AD, even though he was not even a priest.

Nevertheless, this will all be included in a feature story that I have written, which will eventually be heading to print publication, although I just learned about this unsigned red earthenware jar that is like those made in both the Mid-Atlantic region and in Ontario. Although, the interior glaze on this jar is unlike any of the the others that I have seen, whereas it was recently found in Indiana. 

Red Earthenware Jar Surrounded with Figures of St. Ambrose Found in Indiana

Late 18th or 19th Century Red Earthenware Jar Surrounded with Figures of St. Ambrose

Like Made in Either the Mid-Atlantic Region or Ontario, Canada

Recently Found in Indiana

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Photo Courtesy: Private Midwestern Collection

A View of the Interior Glaze

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A View of the Base

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Please Stay Tuned...Much More to Come...