As I noted in a post from earlier this week, George Lent (1774-1850) was an early and influential stoneware potter in New York, spending time working in Cornwall, Albany, Troy, Poughkeepsie and Lansingburgh, among other locations. Although, it may not be widely known that George Lent's family sampler is owned today by the Lansingburgh Historical Society; the silk on linen sampler was created in the 1820s by Eliza Ann Lent of Lansingburgh.
Born on September 22, 1815, Eliza Ann was the daughter of George Lent, and it is currently the only known sampler connected with the family of a New York State potter; additionally it is one of the few known samplers related to a potter's family from the eighteenth or nineteenth century in the American northeast.
Interestingly, the only other family sampler that I know of from a potter's family in New York or New England is one that I was introduced to a few summers ago from the Dodge family of Portland, Maine, which still remains in Dodge family ownership today. The story that I learned about that family record (along with other information) was then included as part of a feature story I wrote published on page 6 in the August 5, 2022 issue of Antiques & the Arts Weekly, titled, A Group of Important Objects From The Dodge Family, Portland, Maine: http://www.earlyamericanceramics.com/2022/07/latest-published-story-group-of.html. I then wrote a second story published on page 48 in the November 4, 2022 issue of Antiques And The Arts Weekly, titled, Group Of Important Objects From the Chase & Goold Families, Portland, Maine: http://www.earlyamericanceramics.com/2022/10/new-published-story-group-of-important.html.
Furthermore, the history of the Dodge family pottery in Portland was expanded upon in my seventh book, titled, From One Town Came Many: The Red Earthenware Industry of Ancient North Yarmouth, Maine: https://historicbeverly.net/product/94597/.
Nonetheless, the story that I posted about George Lent earlier this week discussed an important jug he made in Lansingburgh during the circa 1825-1843 period, perhaps made as early as 1825. It is possible that this sampler and the jug were made about the same time as each other, seeing that Lent relocated from Troy around 1824 or 1825 to Lansingburgh, which is a section of Troy today, but from 1791 until 1901 it was a separate community.
New York Potter George Lent's Family Sampler
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