A Great 19th Century Green Glazed Red Earthenware Jar From New Hampshire

I love this jar and how bright the glaze is in direct sunlight! I acquired this outstanding green glazed nineteenth century red earthenware jar from a friend in a parking lot yesterday in New Hampshire, whereas I missed out on it last month in an online auction while driving to Manhattan. 

The jar was most likely made in Cheshire County, New Hampshire, circa 1840 or so, and it was previously owned as part of Roger Pheulpin's lifelong collection in Gloucester Massachusetts. 

Furthermore, it is difficult to be more specific about what potter's business made this object, seeing that there were a number of businesses located in southwestern New Hampshire during this period, although it was most likely made in the Dublin and Marlborough area, often referred to in the past as Chesham Village.

For more information about this object, see my five-page research story published in the March 2023 issue of Maine Antique Digest, titled, Abner S. Wight's Red Earthenware Production in New Hampshire and Massachusetts.

Link to the M.A.D. article: https://www.scribd.com/document/625949691/Wight-Pottery-March-2023-MAD

19th Century Green Glazed Red Earthenware Jar From New Hampshire

19th Century Green Glazed Red Earthenware Jar

Most Likely Made in Cheshire County, New Hampshire

Likely Made in the Dublin and Marlborough, N.H. Area

Circa 1840

Stands 10 1/2" Tall

Ex Roger Pheulpin Collection

See Article for More Information

Another View of the Jar

See Article for More Information

Another View of the Jar

See Article for More Information

Another View of the Jar

See Article for More Information

Please Stay Tuned...Much More to Come...

19th Century Red Earthenware Crock from Wisconsin Sells in Pennsylvania

This nineteenth century red earthenware crock in the style of similar shaped stoneware crocks sold yesterday at William Bunch Auctions in Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania for $275 plus the buyer's premium. 

The crock is attributed to Wisconsin, where four potteries operated in the town of Whitewater from 1841-1882, on North Fremont Street, near the Train Depot on James Street, adjacent to Whiton Street, and briefly near the south end of Jefferson Street. 

According to the website MadeFromClay.org, this type of lead glaze with manganese decoration is described as resembling "ice tongs," and is attributed to the Depot Pottery. This website also includes some great archaeology from these pottery sites in Whitewater.

19th Century Red Earthenware Crock from Wisconsin

19th Century Manganese Decorated Two-Gallon Red Earthenware Crock

Attributed to Whitewater, Wisconsin

Possibly Made at the Depot Pottery in Whitewater

Stands 9 3/4" Tall

See Article for More Information

Photo Courtesy: William Bunch Auctions

Please Stay Tuned...Much More to Come...

A 19th Century Red Earthenware Pitcher Thought To Be From Southern Maine

This is a very colorful small nineteenth century southern Maine red earthenware pitcher that I picked up yesterday from Thomaston, Maine antiques dealer Ross Levett at Antiques Week in New Hampshire. There are a few characteristics about this object that caught my attention, which include the fact that it reminds me of production at the industry in North Yarmouth, Maine, circa 1791-1880, however the form of the pitcher also resembles the shape of a historically important pitcher that was recovered beneath floorboards of an eighteenth century house in Limington, Maine. The house was built for Jonathan Atkinson, who became the local minister of Limington's Congregational Church in 1794. Atkinson was originally from Newbury, Massachusetts and was a graduate of Dartmouth College in New Hampshire.

Interestingly, the pitcher is impressed with a seal and the initials "J.B.,” like those seen on early glass bottles. Nevertheless, this pitcher was discovered in 1975 when the house was restored. The belief is that the pitcher could date from the 1802-1803 period because of a fire that happened in the area of the house (where the pitcher was found), and the thought is that the pitcher was placed beneath the replaced floorboards during this time.

Furthermore, there was a Bickford family pottery located in nearby Buxton, Maine, where two generations of "James Bickfords" were employed, although this company post-dates 1803. But this Bickford family may have also operated a red earthenware business in Limington.

All of this information will be published and illustrated in my forthcoming seventh 575-page book, titled, From One Town Came Many: The Red Earthenware Industry of Ancient North Yarmouth, Maine.  

Red Earthenware Pitcher Thought To Be From Southern Maine

19th Century Red Earthenware Pitcher Thought to be From Southern Maine

Shape is Similar to Pitchers Produced in North Yarmouth, Maine

Also Similar to Pitchers Associated with Buxton and Limington, Maine

Stands 4 3/4" Tall

See Article for More Information

Another View of the Pitcher

See Article for More Information

A View of the Handle

See Article for More Information

Please Stay Tuned...Much More to Come...

A Late 19th Century Red Earthenware Figure of a Lion From Kelly Young's Collection Shows Up on eBay

Most likely the most significant collection of American red earthenware figurals to come to a public auction in the twentieth century was Kelly Young's Collection that sold through Crocker Farm in Sparks, Maryland on January 30, 2010. I believe this is the only time that Crocker Farm has ever held a single owner sale, whereas the collection was not exclusive to just figurals, and instead included a very good selection of red earthenware and stoneware made all over the American eastern seaboard.

However, the bulk of the figural collection was outstanding examples made in Pennsylvania in the 1800s, although there were objects that were made elsewhere, such as some really good figural bottles from North Carolina.

Nevertheless, I was quite surprised to see this late nineteenth century red earthenware figure of a lion appear on eBay this week, which was previously sold in Kelly Young's Collection. It was described in 2010 by Crocker Farm as a "Glazed American late 19th century figure of a walking lion atop a textured oval base. Incised detail to lion's feet, tail, face, and mane. Surface covered in a clear lead glaze over a green and spotted orange ground. Near mint condition with a small glaze flake and a nick to the rear of the base."

Furthermore, I suspect the lion may have been made in the Mid-Atlantic region and perhaps Pennsylvania, although it is also a good size object measuring about seven inches in length. It is also important to note that I cannot find an exact match, but the style of this lion is comparable to some ceramic examples that were made in England (and possibly other countries) throughout the late eighteenth and nineteenth century; so this may have been the source of inspiration for this type of American-made object. 

Red Earthenware Figure of a Lion From Kelly Young's Collection

Late 19th Century Red Earthenware Figure of a Lion

Possibly Made in Pennsylvania, Although Certainly American Made

Previously Owned by Texas Collector Kelly Young

Measures About 7" Long

This Picture is From eBay's Recent Sale

See Above for More Information

Photo Courtesy: eBay

Late 19th Century Red Earthenware Figure of a Lion

Probably Made in Pennsylvania, Although Certainly American Made

Kelly Young Collection

Measures About 7" Long

This Picture is From Crocker Farm's Sale in 2010

See Above for More Information

Photo Courtesy: Crocker Farm

Please Stay Tuned...Much More to Come...

Latest Story Published in Antiques And The Arts Weekly: Eighteenth Century Earthenware Pitcher Found In A Seventeenth Century Bake Oven

This is the print version of my latest story published on page 18 in the current August 11, 2023 issue of Antiques And The Arts Weekly, titled, Eighteenth Century Earthenware Pitcher Found In A Seventeenth Century Bake Oven. As you can see, Alexis is pictured in this story holding the pitcher, whereas I also suspect that this issue will be available at some of the shows this week at Antiques Week In New Hampshire.

Link to the August 11th Issue: http://digital.olivesoftware.com/olive/odn/aaw/default.aspx#

Link to a PDF of the story: https://www.scribd.com/document/662646991/0811-D-018-ANA-Bake-Oven-Story

And looking ahead - my next published story in Antiques And The Arts Weekly will be out in a few weeks, and it will discuss two great earthenware vases that were just discovered in a family’s estate in Cambridge, Massachusetts. The vases were made at the Auman Pottery in Seagrove, North Carolina in the 1920s or early 1930s.

Latest Story Published in Antiques And The Arts Weekly

Latest Story Published in Antiques And The Arts Weekly

Published in the Current August 11, 2023 Issue

Eighteenth Century Earthenware Pitcher Found In A Seventeenth Century Bake Oven

See Above for More Information

Latest Story Published in Antiques And The Arts Weekly

Published in the Current August 11, 2023 Issue

Eighteenth Century Earthenware Pitcher Found In A Seventeenth Century Bake Oven

See Above for More Information

Latest Story Published in Antiques And The Arts Weekly

Published in the Current August 11, 2023 Issue

Eighteenth Century Earthenware Pitcher Found In A Seventeenth Century Bake Oven

See Above for More Information

Please Stay Tuned...Much More to Come...

A Rare Decorated 1850s Stoneware Crock From Bennington Vermont Sells Yesterday in Maine

A few days ago, I posted an article to this website that recapped some of the stoneware that had just sold at William Smith Auctions in Plainfield, New Hampshire. Those objects included a nineteenth century crock stamped ”J. & E. NORTON / BENNINGTON, VT," which was decorated in a cobalt scene that featured a deer beside a pine tree with a split-rail fence in the foreground, along with a hill, a pine tree, and a split-rail fence in the background.

Another example of stoneware bearing this same maker's mark sold yesterday at Casco Bay Auctions in Freeport, Maine, where this four gallon crock is decorated in cobalt with a rare freehand design of possibly a rooster or a chicken. This is a rare decoration to find today with this mid-nineteenth century maker's mark; in fact, I cannot recall having seen this decoration before from this manufacturer in either a museum or private collection.

The crock sold for $6,250 plus the buyer's premium.

Note: Here is a link to the auction catalog that includes other examples of stoneware, as well as red earthenware: https://www.liveauctioneers.com/catalog/296743_american-art-and-antiques-august-2023/

A Rare Decorated 1850s Stoneware Crock From Bennington Vermont

19th Century Four Gallon Cobalt Decorated Stoneware Crock 

Decorated with Possibly a Rooster or a Chicken

Stamped J. & E. NORTON / BENNINGTON,VT

Circa 1850s

Stands 11 1/2" Tall

See Article for More Information

Photo Courtesy: Casco Bay Auctions

Please Stay Tuned...Much More to Come...

Another Possible Example of Paul Revere Pottery Found in the Greater Boston Area

I think the saying goes, “Good things happen in threes!” Nonetheless, I have never actively pursued pottery before that was made at the Saturday Evening Girls’ Paul Revere Pottery in Boston, although today I came across this small Asian inspired vase or jardiniere with a blue glaze, which I believe could be circa 1920s, and I think originally had a P.R.P. paper label adhered to the base. If this object is what I suspect it to be, then this makes three examples of Paul Revere Pottery that I have found in New England in the last month, whereas this particular example is very skillfully thrown and refined.

The reasons that I feel that this object may have been made at the Paul Revere Pottery include the shape of the object, the color of the blue glaze, the color/type of the clay, the concaved base and the three white marks from the kiln furniture on the base which is seen on most examples of Paul Revere Pottery.

Furthermore, this is also a shape of vase or jardiniere that was manufactured by other Massachusetts art potters in the early 1900s, including the Merrimac Pottery Company in Newburyport, William J. Walley's Pottery in West Sterling and the William Grueby Faience Company in Boston, among other companies located elsewhere in New England and America.

Interestingly, this is also a shape that was produced circa 1920s-1950s by some of the art potteries located in North Carolina, where some of that production was inspired after ancient Asian pottery.

For more information about the history of the Paul Revere Pottery, see a story that I posted to this website yesterday: http://www.earlyamericanceramics.com/2023/08/a-blue-glazed-vase-made-at-segs-paul.html?m=1

With all that said - thoughts? Is this Paul Revere Pottery? Yes? No? Not sure?

Note: After further examination - this may have also been made at Peters and Reed in Ohio, although from the same time period.

Another Possible Example of Paul Revere Pottery

20th Century Asian Inspired Vase or Small Jardiniere

Possibly Made at the S.E.G.'s Paul Revere Pottery in Boston

Found Yesterday to the Northwest of Boston

Possibly Circa 1920s

Stands 4" Tall

Measures 6 1/2" Across

See Above for More Information

Another View of the Vase or Small Jardiniere

See Above for More Information

A View of the Interior

See Above for More Information

A View of the Base with the White Kiln Furniture Marks

See Above for More Information

Please Stay Tuned...Much More to Come...