There are a number of very good examples of eighteenth and nineteenth century stoneware manufactured in Hartford, Connecticut known today, such as some objects owned by the Connecticut Historical Society, the National Museum of American History at the Smithsonian Institute in Washington, D.C., the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City and Old Sturbridge Village in Massachusetts, among other museums across the country. Crocker Farm in Sparks, Maryland has also sold some very good examples of Hartford stoneware through the years.
Although, to continue the discussion with nineteenth century stoneware objects inscribed with American eagles, this unmarked circa 1830 three-gallon stoneware jug is thought to be from Hartford, and it is decorated with an inscribed spread-winged eagle grasping an American flag with a Federal shield. It is a very good example of inscribed decoration from the Hartford area. There is also some cobalt decoration highlighting the figure.
Nevertheless, for more information about some of the stoneware produced in the Hartford, Connecticut area in the eighteenth and nineteenth century - see my sixth book, titled, A City on the River: The Early Red Earthenware of the Hartford, Connecticut Area: https://historicbeverly.net/product/a-city-on-the-river-the-early-red-earthenware-of-the-hartford-connecticut-area/.
19th Century Stoneware from Hartford, Connecticut
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