Two Objects Likely Made By the Clark Family in New Hampshire that I learned About Last Week at Antiques Week in New Hampshire

Among the objects that surprised me last week at Antiques Week in New Hampshire was this late eighteenth or nineteenth century slip decorated red earthenware jug, which I saw in the booth of Portsmouth, New Hampshire antiques dealer Hollis Brodrick. I believe this jug was made by a member of the Clark family in New Hampshire, perhaps at one of Peter Clark's (1743-1826) businesses in either Lyndeborough or Francistown, New Hampshire. Slip decorated red earthenware made by the Clark family is also a subject that is covered in my forthcoming New Hampshire book, titled, An Influential Family of Early Potters: The Clarks of New Hampshire and Related Businesses.

This jug is decorated on all four sides with a subtle amount of slip decoration, whereas this form of jug has been found in different contexts through the years in the Lyndeborough area. The Clark family is also thought to have used some slip during the post American Revolution period possibly into the nineteenth century, such as one of the better examples known to exist today in the form of a bottle that sold at Crocker Farm in Sparks, Maryland in the Spring of 2023 for $12,000, including the buyer's premium: https://www.crockerfarm.com/stoneware-auction/2023-03-31/lot-260/Rare-Slip-Decorated-New-England-Redware-Bottle-possibly-Peter-Clark-18th-early-19th-century/.

Additionally, I have also posted a picture of a late eighteenth or nineteenth century red earthenware jar with incised decoration that was recently discovered in New England, which will also be included in the forthcoming New Hampshire book. 

Note: In the meantime - for more information - see a feature story that I wrote for the August 2016 issue of the New England Antiques Journal, titled, A Pottery Moves to New Hampshire: Peter Clark and His Family in Lyndeborough: https://www.scribd.com/document/321580352/Peter-Clark-Pottery-New-England-Antiques-Journal-August-2016.

There is also a chapter about Peter Clark in my fifth book, titled, A Celebrated Industry: The Historic Wares of Southeastern Massachusetts, Bristol County and Cape Cod: https://historicbeverly.net/product/a-celebrated-industry-the-historic-wares-of-southeastern-massachusetts-bristol-county-and-cape-cod/.

Two Objects Likely Made By the Clark Family in New Hampshire

Late 18th or 19th Century Slip Decorated Red Earthenware Jug

Likely Made at One of the Clark Family Potteries in New Hampshire

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Photo Courtesy: Hollis Brodrick

A View of the Slip Decorated Handle

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Photo Courtesy: Hollis Brodrick

Late 18th or 19th Century Red Earthenware Jug with Incised Decoration

Likely Made at One of Peter Clark's Businesses in New Hampshire

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Photo Courtesy: Private Collection

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