A number of examples of northern New England red earthenware sold yesterday at Farrin's Country Auctions in Randolph, Maine, some of which brought strong prices, such as a nineteenth century red earthenware jug from southern Maine. This type of jug has been associated with John Alld's (b. 1789) production in Hollis, Maine, circa 1820s-1860s, with this particular example selling for $2,250 plus the buyer's premium: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot/red-ware-jug-191-c-1f1dee2266?objectID=200150176&algIndex=archive_lotNumber_asc_prod&queryID=5695329b6ac911356cbd7a0a40c035fb.
The last example of Alld type production to sell publicly was a nineteenth century green glazed red earthenware jug that sold earlier this year at New England Auctions in Connecticut for $2,800 plus the buyer's premium: http://www.earlyamericanceramics.com/2025/01/19th-century-green-and-brown-glazed-jug.html.
For more information about Alld and similar wares made by other potters in the area - see these two articles that I recently posted to this website --
1) John Alld's Red Earthenware Bottle Signed "J ALLD / 1811" - http://www.earlyamericanceramics.com/2025/09/more-information-about-private-maine.html
2) A 19th Century Red Earthenware Jug from Southern Maine - http://www.earlyamericanceramics.com/2025/10/a-19th-century-red-earthenware-jug-from.html
Another object that sold strong yesterday was a large nineteenth century red earthenware jug probably from northern New England, although I do not know where it was made; it sold for $2,150 plus the buyer's premium: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot/red-ware-jug-169-c-f09c7bea68?objectID=200150154&algIndex=archive_lotNumber_asc_prod&queryID=5695329b6ac911356cbd7a0a40c035fb.
In regards to yesterday's stoneware - my favorite object was this late eighteenth or early nineteenth century jug with a cobalt decorated impressed fish attributed to Jonathan Fenton's (1768-1848) production in New England; the jug did have some condition issues, but it still brought $3,000 plus the buyer's premium: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot/johnathon-fenton-stoneware-jug-206-c-1f1f9bf95c?objectID=200150191&algIndex=undefined&queryID=2ea18dfb702a5cea63faeadbf1e86425
It may not be widely recognized today, but Fenton was a red earthenware and stoneware potter in a few different locations in New England in the late eighteenth and nineteenth century.
Note: For the rest of the red earthenware and stoneware in yesterday's sale - see the auction catalog: https://www.invaluable.com/catalog/R6TAX85NEA?page=1&size=48.
Stoneware Jug Attributed to Jonathan Fenton in New England
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