A Recently Discovered Rare 19th Century Great Road Jar from Either East Tennessee or Southwest Virginia

According to an article that ran a few years ago in the 'Antiques and Arts Weekly,' "There are exciting times in East Tennessee as new discoveries in Great Road pottery manufacturing are making their way into the public forum. Although pottery from these parts was known by aficionados since Roddy Moore's 1983 article in 'The Magazine Antique,' it took the 2008 auction of a John Alexander Lowe (1833-1902) signed jar made in Greene County to catch the attention of the general antiques world. At that time it was the only known signed Lowe piece of pottery and it realized the princely sum of $63,000, including buyer's premium - it was the highest price ever paid for Tennessee pottery.

The Great Road was the name given to the route, which began in Philadelphia and followed the Indian trail, known as the Great Warrior Path, along river valleys and through mountain passes. From Philadelphia to Roanoke, Virginia it was called the Great Philadelphia Wagon Trail. From Roanoke west it was known simply as the Great Road. Towns developed around stage stops, way stations and inns. Early settlers included Germans, Scots-Irish, English, Welsh, slaves and free blacks."

Arguably, the most prominent red earthenware name among the East Tennessee potter's industry in respect to how this area is perceived today within a historical context is arguably Christopher Alexander Haun (1821-1861); although, there were a number of accomplished potters in this part of Tennessee, which included the Haun family, the Cain family, among many others.

According to the recent article, 'The Conspiracy at Lick Creek' written for the New York Times, "In Early November 1861, a group of potters and farmers gathered at the Greene County, Tennessee home of Henry and Jacob Harmon. There, the brothers, joined by Christopher Haun, Henry Fry and Jacob Hinshaw, finalized their plot to destroy the nearby Lick Creek railroad bridge on November 8. This was no local conspiracy, however. More than 100 fellow East Tennessee Unionists plotted to simultaneously burn eight other railroad bridges as far away as northeast Alabama, effectively serving all rail and telegraph connection between Virginia and the heartland of the Confederacy. 

The Lick Creek bridge would go up in flames that night. The bridge attacks were the brainchild of longtime Carter County, Tennessee resident, the Reverend William Blount Carter, in conjunction with his brother, Union General Samuel P. Carter. Mr. Carter had traveled to Washington earlier in the year, where in a meeting at the White House with General George B. McClellan and President Lincoln, he secured Union military and political support.

The Lick Creek conspiracy went awry almost immediately after the night of November 8. The conspirators let the bridge guards, whom they had captured before they burned the bridge, go after they took the oath of allegiance to the Union. It was a fatefully naive move; the guards immediately notified Confederate authorities. The Harmons and Mr. Haun would be hanged at the Knoxville, Tennessee jail (pictured in engraving below), while Henry Fry and Jacob Hinshaw met their fate at the end of a nearby rope in nearby Greeneville, Tennessee."

C.A. Haun Before Hanging

C.A. Haun Departing from His Family Before Execution - December 11, 1861

Wood Engraving Published in 1862
See Article for More Information

Photo Courtesy: Library of Congress - Washington, D.C.

Recently, I was able to acquire a rare small nineteenth century red earthenware jar from Pennsylvania antiques dealer, Jeff Graybill that is similar to another object, which sold at Crocker Farm in Maryland, and more recently at a Jeffrey Evans auction in Virginia. The jar was attributed to East Tennessee, where it shares characteristics with some of the more prominent objects from that region; although, a southwest Virginia attribution should not be ruled out, either. But, nonetheless, this jar is certainly an object that was made along the Great Road around the mid-nineteenth century.

Great Road Jar

 19th Century Great Road Red Earthenware Jar Likely Made in East Tennessee
But Possibly Also Made in Southwest Virginia
Circa 1850-1875

Stands 4 1/8" Tall
See Article for More Information

 Another View of the Jar

 View of One Handle

 View of the Other Handle

View of the Interior

 View of the Base

Another View of the Jar and a View of the Footed Base

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A Group of Red Earthenware Apothecary Jars that Sold Last Weekend in Glenmoore, Pennsylvania

Last week, I wrote about a group of nineteenth-century black-glazed red earthenware jars with make-do tin lids that were scheduled to sell at Wiederseim Associates, Inc. in Glenmoore, Pennsylvania. I believe they were all Mid-Atlantic-made objects (i.e. New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Maryland) that were likely made in Pennsylvania; although, there is also a small chance that a potter in New Jersey may have also been responsible. The auction house described the lot as a "set of four redware apothecary jars, each standing 6 1/4" tall." The lot also included an eighteenth-century cast iron mortar and pestle possibly from an American manufacturer.

I guess you could say that these objects sold just in time for Halloween (see the jars's descriptions below) as the official start to the 2015 fall season is fast approaching.

Each of the jars were decorated with a painted label that described the intended contents. Unfortunately, from the picture alone, I can not read what was written on each jar; however, I can explain how some of the jars read, which includes one jar that is partially labeled with the word 'Blood' - other legible jars read 'Hartshorn' and 'Crabs Eyes.' The 'Crabs Eyes' and 'Blood' descriptions seem self explanatory (to me), but my curiosity got the best of me with the descrption 'Hartshorn' - which, naturally, I had to look up.

From what I have found online, "Hartshorn is obtained from the destructive distillation of a deer's bones or horns. It is used for both medicinal and baking needs."

From there, my interest then turned to the 'Crabs Eyes.' What purpose could they have possibly served in the nineteenth-century?

According to the '15th Edition of the Compleat Housewife or, Accomplish'd Gentlewoman's Companion' which was published in 1753 in London - crabs eyes were actually used as part of a recipe (which also recommended hartshorn) in that year as a cure for a cold. The recipe required "pearls, crab's-eyes, red coral, white amber, burnt hartshorn, and oriental bezoard, of each half an ounce; the black tips of crab claws three ounces; make all into a paste, with a jelly of vipers, and roll it into little balls, which dry and keep for use."

In my initial story, I had hinted that this lot should do well seeing that there was already a group of left bids. In the end, the lot sold for $950 at the podium - and, more than $1,200 after the sales tax and the buyer's premium were added to the final hammer price. I think it's a safe bet to say that it will probably be a long time before a set of jars, like this, are seen again in the public marketplace - these definitely appear to be a rare set to find anywhere today.

Collection of 19th Century Red Earthenware Apothecary Jars with Tin Lids

Likely Made in Pennsylvania or the Mid-Atlantic Region

Circa 1840

Each Stands 6 1/4" Tall with the Tin Lid
Sold for Over $1,200 on Saturday September 19, 2015

Photo Courtesy: Wiederseim Auction, Inc. - Glenmoore, PA

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A Red Earthenware Jug Found Today in New Hampshire that was Made in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania

My lone find today was this unglazed red earthenware jug that is stamped 'R.C. MOOORE / HARRISBURG, PA.' I have not been able to find any information about this specific potter; however, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania was  an area in the nineteenth and early-twentieth-centuries that was predominantly dominated by stoneware production by the Cowden family; although, the Wilcox, Wilson, Young and Moyer names also found some success in Harrisburg in the 1800's. Surprisingly, I have not been able to find any information about a documented potter named 'R.C. Moore' who was employed in the Harrisburg area in the nineteenth-century - even though, the Moore name is tied to the nineteenth-century potter's industry elsewhere in Pennsylvania. Unfortunately, the only Moore names that I have been able to associate with Pennsylvania were stoneware potters rather than red earthenware potters.

This jug was found in New Hampshire today - the style and the font type left by the impression of the stamp in the wet clay do correspond with other stamp styles applied by other nineteenth-century potters in Pennsylvania.

What's also notable about this stamp is that it is similar to some of the stoneware potters who used stamps in Harrisburg where the first and middle initial was stamped to go along with the last name - and, there are also instances where the first name was abbreviated to two letters to go along with the last name. For example, 'J.W. Cowden,' WM. Moyer' and 'F.H. Cowden' are all stamps that were used by potters in Harrisburg in the 1800's which relate to the style of the stamp seen on the red earthenware jug that I discovered today.

According to the book, 'Decorated Stoneware of Cowden and the Stoneware Potteries of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania: 1852-1924' published in 2001 - and, written by Matthew R. Miller, "Pennsylvania was one of the last areas to make the change to salt glazed stoneware in the 1800's. In the years between the middle of the nineteenth and the first quarter of the twentieth century, two potteries produced salt glazed decorated stoneware in Harrisburg Pennsylvania (capital of Pennsylvania). The first pottery changed hands several times within its first years of operation and was not a long lasting endeavor. The second of the two potteries existed for more than sixty years and spanned three generations (Cowden family) inside of the owning family. 

During the third quarter of the nineteenth century, nearly all salt glazed stoneware was decorated with blue cobalt for aesthetic purposes. Decorations at the Harrisburg potteries ranged anywhere from a simple flower to unique and highly artistic decorations consisting of extravagant florals, birds, animals, and sometimes even scenes and people." However, this book does not make any mention of any red earthenware production in Harrisburg in the nineteenth or twentieth-centuries.

Overall, this red earthenware jug is crudely potted. Normally, I would have passed on such an object; however, any type of signed or stamped utilitarian American-made red earthenware from the 1800's is very-rare today. Ultimately, that is why I purchased this jug. The jug also possesses a very-rare characteristic which is seen on the front of the jug where the potter placed a support knob.

It should also be noted that this jug is in the form of a traditional stoneware jug made after 1850 - and, in some ways, it emulates some of the stoneware jug forms that were produced in Harrisburg in the second-half of the nineteenth-century.

 Possibly 19th/20th Century Red Earthenware Jug Made in Harrisburg, PA

Marked 'R.C. MOORE / HARRISBURG, PA'

Stands 8 1/2" Tall

Found Today in New Hampshire

 View of the 'R.C. MOORE' Mark

 View of the Handle

 View of the Support Knob on the Front of the Jug

 Another View of the Handle

View of the Base

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A Newly Discovered 19th Century Red Earthenware Pitcher Found Today at the Arundel, Maine Flea Market

Earlier today, I drove forty-minutes north of my house in Newburyport, Massachusetts to go picking at the Arundel, Maine Flea Market with my niece, Alexis - and, we found this nineteenth-century New England-made red earthenware pitcher. The dealer told me he found the pitcher years ago in a house near the Gonic, New Hampshire and Rochester, New Hampshire area. Overall, this is a really nice piece in a rare form. The two collars that the potter wrapped around the neck are very unusual. The base is blackened which indicates the pitcher's use over an open flame.

Some people reading this may recognize the handle, which is style that has, yet to be properly attributed; however, this handle is believed to be from a southern Maine maker - but, considering the context that this pitcher was discovered it may also suggest a potter in the Gonic, New Hampshire or central New Hampshire area, too. Unfortunately, to my knowledge, this potter is currently unknown today; although, this style of handle should not be too difficult to eventually determine seeing that it is such a rare style to find today.

The pitcher likely dates from the 1820-1860 period - a prominent period for red earthenware production in both New Hampshire and Maine. This object really falls in line with a product that could have been made in either Maine or New Hampshire in the nineteenth-century. It should also be noted that the area that it was discovered is also very very close to the Maine and New Hampshire border. It makes sense that for any number of reasons products could have easily traveled back-and-forth in the nineteenth and twentieth-centuries.

 19th Century Red Earthenware Pitcher Likely Made in Either Maine or New Hampshire

Circa 1820-1860

Stands 6 7/8" Tall

Discovered Today at the Arundel, Maine Flea Market

Found Years Back in a Home in the Gonic, NH and Rochester, NH Area

 Another View of the Pitcher

 Another View of the Pitcher

 View of the Handle

 View of the Interior

View of the Base

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An Interesting Slip Decorated Red Earthenware Object Discovered a Few Weeks Ago at the Londonderry, New Hampshire Flea Market

A few weeks ago, my three-year old niece, Alexis and myself visited the Londonderry, New, Hampshire flea market out of simple curiosity - I had never been to this particular flea market before, which was kind of an 'everything goes' flea market where dealers could sell anything they wished as long as it was legal to do so (i.e. no illegal knock offs, etc.). Basically, I wanted to see what this flea market was all about. And, of course, my niece, was also up for the trip - she's always ready to go picking with me as long as she finds something that she likes, too. Overall, it was a nice atmosphere that included a yard sale appearance crossed with a farmer's market with a small amount of antiques mixed in with the group.

The Londonderry Flea Market is held in a large field that is comparable to 'some' of the fields at the outdoor antique shows that are held three-time each year (May, July and September) in Brimfield, Massachusetts. I was merely curious as to how this flea market appeared. I wanted to know if it was something that I should visit more frequently - and, my niece was on a mission to find Barbie Dolls (unfortunately, she didn't find any). I would say that we walked around for a bit. Maybe an hour. We didn't see a lot, but I did buy a slip decorated red earthenware flask or harvest jug for only three-dollars that seems to be a hybrid of such early forms as the red earthenware ring flask or jug, the red earthenware ring vase and the red earthenware harvest jug. Most of these objects were meant to be carried on a person's arm or shoulder by inserting their arm through the ring such as the case with the object that I discovered.

Regrettably, I have, yet to get to the bottom of this object's origin; however, I feel it is probably a twentieth-century product that was either made by an American potter, a Canadian potter or a European potter, but that's yet to be proven, either. But, I guess it could be earlier, too. Personally, I thought that it was such a skillfully made product with a beautiful slip decoration that I couldn't really say 'no' to the dealer's ridiculously cheap asking price of only $3. The dealer told me he found the object at a local estate sale. The object is also such a rare form to own today in an eighteenth or nineteenth-century product that I figured it would help as a study object for my collection. I should also mention that the interior of the jug is slightly glazed, which suggests (to me) that it may have been intended to be used to hold a liquid like its predecessors would have been - rather, that merely serving as a household decorative commodity.

A similar form is pictured in Massachusetts antiques dealer, Brian Cullity's museum booklet 'Slipped and Glazed: Regional American Redware' from the Sandwich Museum on Cape Cod published in 1991, which is described as "a rather uncommon form of (red) earthenware and this particular example is made even more exceptional by the addition of a footed base. "

My Niece, Alexis with Her Finds for the Day at the Londonderry, NH Flea Market

The Decoy was Made in Southern Maine

The Red Earthenware Ring Flask or Harvest Jug is Held Around Her Shoulder

Slip Decorated Red Earthenware Ring Bottle or Harvest Jug
Maker and Origin Not Completely Known
Stands 13 1/8" Tall
Found at the Londonderry, NH Flea Market

Dealer Told Me He Recently Found the Object in a New Hampshire Home  

Another View of the Jug

 Another View of the Jug

 Another View of the Jug

View of the Base

Ring Flask or Jug

What I am going to do now is show you the forms that I believe influenced the ring flask or harvest jug that I found at the flea market - this first object, is commonly called a red earthenware ring flask or jug today. This example was sold through Crocker Farm in Sparks, Maryland in 2013 selling for more than three-thousand dollars. The object was described as "a nineteenth-century circular jug with an applied spout with drips of yellow and brown slip over an orange clay ground." This jug was suggested to have been made in either North Carolina or Pennsylvania in the early nineteenth-century. It's certainly, a rare object with an even rarer decoration to find anywhere today.

 19th Century Slip Decorated Red Earthenware Jug Attributed to North Carolina or Pennsylvania

Measures 8 3/4" Tall

Photo Courtesy: Crocker Farm - Sparks, MD

Another View of the Flask or Jug

Photo Courtesy: Crocker Farm - Sparks, MD

Ring Vase

This second object sold through Pook & Pook Auctions in Downington, Pennsylvania in 2007 for nearly six-thousand dollars. Pook's described it as "a footed ring vase profusely decorated with yellow, green and black slip flowers and squiggly lines. The vase is dated in slip '1815' and it is also initialed in slip near the base." I should mention that this ring vase also shows a similar standing form like that which is seen on the object that I found at the flea market a few weeks ago.

 Early 19th Century Slip Decorated Red Earthenware Ring Vase Made in Pennsylvania

Possibly From Berks County or Montgomery County, PA

The Flask is Dated '1815'

Stands 8 3/4" Tall

Photo Courtesy: Pook & Pook Auctions - Downington, PA

 Another View of the Vase

Photo Courtesy: Pook & Pook Auctions - Downington, PA

Another View of the Vase

Photo Courtesy: Pook & Pook Auctions - Downington, PA

Harvest Jug

Lastly, is a single object in this group lot photo that just recently sold as part of the Earl Curry Collection of red earthenware at Willis Henry's auction in Manchester, New Hampshire earlier this summer. This was a form of red earthenware that was made in the early 1800's with the intent that the object could store drinking water or really any type of liquid for outdoor consumption. These forms are commonly referred to today as 'field jugs' or 'harvest jugs.' This particular example is missing its handle, but it would have appeared in a similar overhanging fashion like the jug that I bought at the flea market.

Harvest jugs were made all-over America in the nineteenth-century - a quick story that I would like to share was told to me by a friend of mine, West Newbury, Massachusetts antiques collector and dealer, Paul DeCoste, who found a very rare and colorful red earthenware jug that was made in southeastern Massachusetts in the early-nineteenth-century in a junk shop in Rowley, Massachusetts in the 1990's. The jug eventually sold as part of the important Paulette and Hilary Nolan Collection at Northeast Auctions Summer Americana Sale in Manchester, New Hampshire in 2004. The smaller jug that is pictured below is related to the jug that Paul DeCoste discovered in the mid-1990's. This is a rare form to own today that was made by both red earthenware and stoneware potters in America in the eighteenth and nineteenth-centuries.

Small 19th Century Red Earthenware Harvest Jug Likely Produced in Southeastern Massachusetts

The Jug is Missing its Carrying Handle

Circa 1790-1830

Stands 6" Tall

Ex-Earl Curry Collection - Massachusetts

Photo Courtesy: Willis Henry Auctions - Marshfield, MA 

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A Set of 19th Century Red Earthenware Apothecary Jars that are Scheduled to Sell this Weekend in Pennsylvania

Wiederseim Associates, Inc., an auctioneer in Glenmoore, Pennsylvania has assembled what they are describing as an "early fall auction" that will be held this weekend on Saturday September 19th - and, included in the sale is a set of four 'rare' red earthenware objects that I have never quite seen anything like them before. I have seen a select example of objects that can be held in the same idea, but nothing that matches exactly how these objects appear. Presumably, they are a Mid-Atlantic product (i.e. New Jersey, Pennsylvania or Maryland) from the nineteenth-century. The lot is described as, "a set of four redware apothecary jars each measuring 6 1/4 inches tall (with the lid)." The lot also includes an eighteenth-century cast iron mortar and pestle.

The following jar is what I would describe as a related object - Crocker Farm in Sparks, Maryland sold this red earthenware jar in 2009 - and, it brought nearly one-thousand dollars. They described it as, "a redware jar with rouletted decoration attributed to the potter, Jacob Heart of Chambersburg, Pennsylvania from around 1840. The words 'SUGAR LEAD' are painted in a banner across the front indicating what the jar held."

 19th Century Red Earthenware Jar Attributed to Jacob Heart - Chambersburg, PA

Circa 1840

Stands 9" Tall

Photo Courtesy: Crocker Farm - Sparks, MD

View of the Back of the Jar

Photo Courtesy: Crocker Farm - Sparks, MD

Nineteenth-century apothecary jars (similar to these seen below) are much more commonly found today made from glass with a label attached to the front which describes the contents - and, they are typically sealed with a glass stopper. The idea or use is the same with the following set of red earthenware jars; however, I assume these are make-do examples creatively assembled by a home owner (very-small chance a merchant) in the 1800's. They are similar to the example that Crocker Farm sold where I believe the content's description has been colorfully painted with a decorative banner prominently across the front of the jar. Personally, I doubt that a potter sold these jars this way, but you never know. Early American utilitarian potters were certainly creative when trying to gain a market advantage. The fact that I have never seen anything exactly like these jars before leads me to believe they were made into red earthenware apothecary jars after the potter made them. It's certainly possible that they were made into these jars with a specific storage use decades after they were made. The tin lids equally fascinate me when compared to the decoratively painted jars.

Despite so few of these examples known today (and, the fact that I only show Mid-Atlantic products in this report) - should not be considered a unique situation to the Mid-Atlatnic region, either - the Dodge Pottery in Portland, Maine is also known today to have made small lidded red earthenware jars with the intended ingredient stenciled in slip on the front in the nineteenth-century; although, the only difference found with the Portland-made jars is the potter was responsible for intentionally deciding what ingredient labeled the jar. Rather, I am not so sure that is what happened with these jars. Unfortunately, I don't known enough to say definitively how and when these jars were painted.

The auctioneer has given a modest low estimate on the following group of objects; however, I assume this set will do well this weekend since there are already a number of left bids on this lot. I will try and write a follow up report if this lot does well later this week or next week.

Collection of 19th Century Red Earthenware Apothecary Jars with Tin Lids

Likely Made in Pennsylvania or the Mid-Atlantic Region

Circa 1840

Each Stands 6 1/4" Tall with the Tin Lid

Photo Courtesy: Wiederseim Auction, Inc. - Glenmoore, PA

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A Great 19th Century Red Earthenware Pitcher Discovered Years Ago in an Ontario Farm House

This morning's report, showcases, a beautiful large nineteenth-century red earthenware pitcher that was acquired from a farm estate in Oakville, Ontario years ago - and, it has resided in the same important private Ontario collection ever since. The maker of the pitcher is not currently known today, but some believe that it could be an Ontario-made object; although, there are others who suggest that it could be from an American potter such as someone based in western New York or Pennsylvania. There are also claims that this pitcher may have family ties to the Waterloo, Ontario area where there was a known potter's industry in the 1800's. Never-the-less, this is a beautiful object that appears (to me) to fall in line with the group of known products that were manufactured in places like western New York and Ontario rather than anywhere else today.

The reason that I am showing you this giant pitcher this morning is purely because of the decorative colorful glaze, which I feel could be mistaken for a Maine-made product if the pitcher were discovered in Maine - or, really any type of New England-based context. The glaze is similar to glazes that I have seen in sherds collected at the Bickford Pottery in Buxton, Maine; although, it is also comparable to glazes that are reportedly found on products attributed to Thomas Truxton Kendrick in Hollis, Maine and even the Dodge Pottery in Portland, Maine today.

This first object was discovered by Maine collector, Rick Poore in the basement of a southern Maine home that was about to be demolished some years back. It is debatable where this object was made in southern Maine; although, I think the belief currently leans towards a Bickford Pottery attribution in Buxton (a few miles west of Portland). I believe the only differences seen in the glaze found on the following pot and the Ontario pitcher of discussion are the result of a camera flash and the type of lighting that was used on the object when the photos were taken.

19th Century Red Earthenware Pot Likely Made in Southern Maine

Possibly Produced at the Bickford Pottery in Buxton, Maine

Circa 1840-1880

Stands Approximately 7 1/2" Tall

Photo Courtesy: Rick Poore - Maine

I believe this next object was produced at the Dodge Pottery in Portland, Maine in the 1820-1860 period; although, it is more commonly attributed to the Kendrick Pottery in Hollis, Maine today, which is located a few miles west of Portland. Recent studies seem to have altered that attribution from Hollis to Portland due to a group of signed Dodge Pottery jars that are related to this jar in form, but not glaze. Here again, the glaze seen on this small lidded jar is also similar to the glaze found on the large pitcher of discussion.

19th Century Red Earthenware Jar Likely Made at the Dodge Pottery in Portland, Maine

In the Past, These Jars Have Been Attributed to the Kendrick Pottery in Hollis, Maine

Stands Approximately 5 1/2" Tall

Circa 1820-1860

Photo Courtesy: Private New England Collection

Here is the pitcher that I have been mentioning - it is really a wonderful object standing about thirteen-inches tall. I really feel that based on the glaze alone that this object could be mistaken for a southern Maine object; however, 'the form never lies' - and, that's what should really be analyzed here. Whether this is an Ontario-made object or a potter elsewhere like western New York or possibly Pennsylvania - regardless, it doesn't really matter  (to me) due to the beauty that is seen in this incredible object! It is really a remarkable survivor!

Large 19th Century Red Earthenware Pitcher Found in a Farm House in Oakville, Ontario

Reportedly May Have Ties to a Family in Waterloo, Ontario

Circa 1850-1880

Stands 13" Tall

Photo Courtesy: Alvin Cameron - Ottawa, Ontario

For what it matters, here is a similar group of miniature glazed pitchers that are adorned in a similar glaze - these objects are all kept with the important Harbinson Collection of Canadian-made objects at the Canadian Museum of History in Gatineau, Quebec. The pitchers are all attributed to the Waterloo, Ontario area; however, no specific potter is cited. And, honestly, I have seen a related pitcher similar to the largest pitcher shown below attributed to Maine before - it really is fascinating how potters in two completely separate areas shared a common interest with similar glaze colors in the nineteenth-century.

Three Late-19th Century Red Earthenware Pitchers Attributed to Waterloo, Ontario

Glaze is Comparable to the Previous Objects of Discussion

Largest Stands 3 5/8" Tall

Part of the Harbinson Collection of Canadian-Made Objects

Photo Courtesy: The Canadian Museum of History - Gatineau, Quebec

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