This is a good large nineteenth century double-handled red earthenware jar that is about five-gallons in size, which recently appeared in Western New York, and was likely manufactured after 1850 at one of Lorenzo Johnson's businesses in Erie County, New York. Interesting, the shape of the jar and the handles are also similar to a type of jar produced at Alvin Wilcox's business before 1860 in West Bloomfield, Ontario County, New York.
In fact, there was at least one connection found with Wilcox's company and the potters in Erie County by way of a potter named George Graham, which I wrote a feature story about for the August 16, 2024 issue of Antiques And The Arts Weekly, titled, An Important Red Earthenware Jug From Western New York: http://www.earlyamericanceramics.com/2024/08/new-feature-story-published-in-antiques.html.
Nonetheless, for more information about this type of production - see my latest published book, which is 1,400 pages, and two-volumes in length, titled, America’s Great Awakening and Migration: The Red Earthenware of Western New York: https://historicbeverly.net/product/103125/.
A Good 19th Century Red Earthenware Jar from Erie County, New York
Large 19th Century Double-Handled Red Earthenware Jar
Likely Made at One of Lorenzo Johnson's Businesses in Erie County, New York
About Five-Gallons in Size
Recently Appeared in Western New York
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Photo Courtesy: Personal Collection of Gene and Nancy Pratt
A View of One of the Handles
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Photo Courtesy: Personal Collection of Gene and Nancy Pratt
Another View of the Jar
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Photo Courtesy: Personal Collection of Gene and Nancy Pratt
A View of the Rim and the Interior
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Photo Courtesy: Personal Collection of Gene and Nancy Pratt
Sherd was Recovered at the Site of Lorenzo Johnson's Business in Newstead, New York
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Photo Courtesy: Rochester Museum & Science Center
Sherd was Recovered at the Site of Lorenzo Johnson's Business in Newstead, New York
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Photo Courtesy: Rochester Museum & Science Center
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