Funny story! So while wrapping up the Clark family pottery book earlier this fall, I learned about a rather forgotten red earthenware business operated by Benjamin Clark (son of Captain Peter Clark) and his son Jonathan Clark in Orford, New Hampshire, circa 1816-1870s. With the help of New York author and researcher Warren Broderick, we found as much information as possible about this business for publication, but there is literally nothing noted in any publication or museum collection that can 100% accurately be attributed as existing red earthenware from this company.
However, a few weeks ago I received a message from someone asking if I knew of any information about a potter’s business in Orford because he and a friend had just found a potter’s dump site. Their discovery was the site of the basically untouched Clark Pottery! Unbelievable! What are the chances!?
Nonetheless, this could not have worked out more perfectly, seeing that I viewed a large amount of these artifacts two nights ago in New Hampshire, which I also photographed to be included in the book. The artifacts include various types of jugs, bowls, milk pans, crocks that are only glazed on the interior, kiln furniture and kiln bricks. A large amount of bluish-gray colored clay was even found, as was the remains of a nineteenth century leather shoe, which I suppose could have belonged to a member of the Clark family.
However, a few weeks ago I received a message from someone asking if I knew of any information about a potter’s business in Orford because he and a friend had just found a potter’s dump site. Their discovery was the site of the basically untouched Clark Pottery! Unbelievable! What are the chances!?
Nonetheless, this could not have worked out more perfectly, seeing that I viewed a large amount of these artifacts two nights ago in New Hampshire, which I also photographed to be included in the book. The artifacts include various types of jugs, bowls, milk pans, crocks that are only glazed on the interior, kiln furniture and kiln bricks. A large amount of bluish-gray colored clay was even found, as was the remains of a nineteenth century leather shoe, which I suppose could have belonged to a member of the Clark family.
The Circa 1816-1870s Multigenerational Clark Pottery in Orford, N.H.
The Multigenerational Clark Pottery in Orford, New Hampshire
Circa 1816-1870s
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Artifacts Collection at the Site of the Clark Pottery in Orford, New Hampshire
Circa 1816-1870s
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Artifacts Collection at the Site of the Clark Pottery in Orford, New Hampshire
Circa 1816-1870s
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Blueish-Gray Clay Collected at the Site of the Clark Pottery in Orford, New Hampshire
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A Shoe Collected Collected at the Site of the Clark Pottery in Orford, New Hampshire
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Another View of the Shoe
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