A 19th Century Red Earthenware Jug from Southern Maine

I noted a few weeks ago, in two posts, titled, Some More Information About an Outstanding Private Collection of Maine Red Earthenware and The Origin of the 19th Century "Thomas Kendrick" Attribution in Maine:

"(There has been a misunderstanding over the past forty to fifty years about red earthenware made at the Dodge Pottery in Portland, Maine and)...how some wares made at this business in the nineteenth century were mistaken for production by Thomas Truxton Kendrick (1803-1878) in Hollis, Maine. I believe this attribution began in the late 1970s; the basis for it was some wares displayed at the Maine State Museum in Augusta, Maine, as well as a red earthenware pan published in Manlif Lelyn Branin's 1978 book, The Early Potters and Potteries of Maine."

Nonetheless, this is a nineteenth century red earthenware jug made in southern Maine from the personal collection of Lura Woodside Watkins, now owned by Old Sturbridge Village in Massachusetts, which is adorned with the type of glaze that in the past has been attributed to the Kendrick Pottery. However, this is a type of glaze that was actually produced at different locations in northern New England, Western New York and Ontario, Canada, etc. in the 1800s. But the form of this jug is a southern Maine type, which relates to production in places like Buxton, Hollis, etc. The Dodges in Portland may have also made this shape of jug, although I have never seen a jug associated with that business before even though I have no doubt that jugs were made in Portland. 

Note: For more information about production in Hollis - see another post from a few weeks ago, title, John Alld's Red Earthenware Bottle Signed "J ALLD / 1811" - http://www.earlyamericanceramics.com/2025/09/more-information-about-private-maine.html.

A 19th Century Red Earthenware Jug from Southern Maine

19th Century Red Earthenware Jug from Southern Maine

This Type of Glaze was Not Exclusive to One Single Potter's Business

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Photo Courtesy: Old Sturbridge Village

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