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Friday, July 12, 2024

A Good Late 18th or 19th Century Red Earthenware Jar Likely Made by the Clark Family in New Hampshire that Recently Sold in Ohio

This is a good late eighteenth or nineteenth century red earthenware jar that I recently purchased from the first installment of the Beth & Earl Trimble salt glazed stoneware collection, which sold in May as part of Amelia Jeffer's two-day Americana and Ohio Valley Auction. In fact, this was one of two items in the lot, whereas I suspect the other jar may have been made by the Mormon leader Heber Kimball (1801-1868) in Mendon, New York (see other post from today for more information about this jar: http://www.earlyamericanceramics.com/2024/07/a-mottled-glazed-19th-century-red.html).

Nevertheless, I believe this jar was made at one of the Clark family potteries in New Hampshire, perhaps in either Lyndeborough or Francistown. The rim of the jar and the interior is even glazed green. This jar will also be illustrated in my forthcoming New Hampshire book, titled, An Influential Family of Potters: The Clarks of New Hampshire and Related Businesses.

Note: Two related jars sold last summer as part of Gloucester, Massachusetts antiques dealer and collector Roger Pheulpin's Collection, which sold in an online auction at Blackwood/March in Essex, Massachusetts. Both jars were damaged, although one sold for $3,000 plus the buyer's premium: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot/antique-redware-crock-10-inches-tall-condition-...-119-c-3494caeb01?objectID=181104718&algIndex=archive_lotNumber_asc_prod&queryID=9181dc4eb49c372e3630f2e9e37fc801.

Red Earthenware Jar Likely Made by the Clark Family in New Hampshire