Seen Last Week in New Hampshire: A Red Earthenware Toby Jug that was Recently Found in the Chester County, Pennsylvania Area

In an article written after visiting the Wingender Pottery in Haddonfield, New Jersey in the early 1890s by archaeologist and museum specialist Edwin Atlee Barber (1851-1916), which was published on pages 125-126 in the February 1896 issue of The Clay-Worker; Barber wrote, "The Wingenders were in the process of manufacturing some of the finest stoneware ever produced in America..." Part of this article was later published in 1906 in a book Barber wrote, titled, Salt Glazed Stoneware: https://www.abebooks.com/first-edition/Salt-Glazed-Stoneware-Germany-Flanders-England/31625356072/bd.

William (1862-1915) and Charles Wingender (1856-ca. 1823) were German trained stoneware potters; William migrated to the United States in 1880, while Charles arrived in 1881. They initially sought out employment and worked at Richard C. Remmey's (1835-1904) pottery in Philadelphia in the 1880s, before establishing their own business in Haddonfield, located a few miles from Philadelphia across the Delaware River. Some accounts suggest that they established their company because they wanted creative freedom in what they produced.

It may not be well-known today, but after William died in 1915 and Charles passed away about 1923, the stoneware and red earthenware factory continued to operate through family ownership. For instance, William's son, William O. Wingender (1901-1955), who was born in New Jersey in 1901 is first listed as a 19-year-old potter in the 1920 United States Federal Census. He is eventually listed as the proprietor of the Haddonfield company, which was still manufacturing stoneware and red earthenware, as late as 1945.

Interestingly, while in New Hampshire last week for the state's annual antiques week, I saw this red earthenware Toby jug in the booth of Greg Kramer from Pennsylvania. Greg told me that it was recently found in the Chester County, Pennsylvania area, although he acquired from the person who found it a few weeks ago at Renningers Flea Market in Kutztown, Pennsylvania.  The jug also closely matches a stoneware type that Barber published as having been made by the Wingenders in his 1896 article.

Note: For more information about the Wingenders - see a story that I posted to this website in May of this year, titled, Some Interesting Facts About the Late 19th and 20th Century Wingender Pottery in Haddonfield, New Jersey: http://www.earlyamericanceramics.com/2024/05/some-interesting-facts-about-late-19th.html.

Toby Jug that was Recently Found in the Chester County, PA Area

Late 19th or Early 20th Century Red Earthenware Toby Jug

Possibly Made at the Wingender Pottery in Haddonfield, New Jersey

Otherwise Probably Another New Jersey or Pennsylvania Potter

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Photo Courtesy: Greg Kramer

Another View of the Jug

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Photo Courtesy: Greg Kramer

A View of the Base

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Photo Courtesy: Greg Kramer

Stoneware Toby Jugs Were Made at the Wingender Pottery in Haddonfield, N.J.

Published by Edwin Atlee Barber

This Picture is from the February 1896 Issue of The Clay-Worker

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