When I established this website back in January of 2013, one of the first objects that I wrote about outside of the pre-1775 archaeology of Boston and Charlestown, Massachusetts was a nineteenth century slip decorated earthenware pitcher. I had just acquired the pitcher from an old family estate in southern Connecticut, although I did not know where it was made; however the base of the pitcher was inscribed with a name and the year "1866."
Until recently, I do not think I have ever seen an object that I felt could be related to it, but a nineteenth century colorfully glazed earthenware jar sold yesterday at Ledbetter Folk Art Auction in Gibsonville, North Carolina. The jar had been consigned from the collection of Larry Hackle, who was a folk art collector from Kentucky, whereas there are some similarities in the way both of these objects were produced, including both having been manufactured from the same type of earthenware clay and produced with slip decorated interiors.
Nevertheless, the auction house indicated that the origin of their jar was unknown to them, although it did sell for $225 plus the buyer's premium.
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