4.5" tall redware jar, any idea who might have made this?

If the Pitkin Collection couldn't identify the maker...

Debora

 

-And if Debora,roaring20s,bookahtoo can't ID it good luck !

 

For additional context, the auction listing for the same little pot -

"Item Details
Description
Albert Hastings Pitkin (1852-1917) was an early collector and scholar of American pottery from Hartford, CT. Appx. 4 3/4" tall. A few small rim flakes. 19th century."
https://www.liveauctioneers.com/ite...redware-tobacco-jar-ex-albert-hastings-pitkin

 

Sunday - did you get it, or were you hoping we could provide more information before the auction ended?

Wow - just looked at the sold price - $650. I can see why you might be curious.

 

If still curious, you might find relevant information in Pitkin's book, "Early American Folk Pottery". The complete text is available online here -

https://www.google.com/books/edition/Early_American_Folk_Pottery/yk8IAQAAIAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1

And "Early American Potters and Their Wares", by Lura Woodside Watkins might also be helpful. She references the Pitkin collection.

https://whatelyhistorical.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/earlynewenglandpotters.pdf

 

Hi 2many: I passed just wasnt sure what it was. Other people suggested it might be Jacob Schofield of Delaware.

 

hi Deb: is that label really saying it was from the Pitkin Collection. Or is its saying "similar example in Pitkin collection?"

Did you guys see the "attributed to" John Bell item in the same auction today?

 

I read "ex. Pitkin coll." which I understood to mean it was deaccessioned. That's what the liveauctioneers site says as well. "...ex-Albert Hastings Pitkin."

Debora