"CHARLESTOWN" Two-Gallon Stoneware Jug

Description:

"CHARLESTOWN" Two-Gallon Stoneware Jug, Frederick Carpenter, Charlestown, Massachusetts, 1812-c. 1827, swollen ovoid vessel with reeded neck and base, and applied ridged handle, the top and bottom dipped in ocher stain, the shoulder impressed "CHARLESTOWN" above two impressed crosses to indicate gallon capacity, ht. 14 in.

Literature: See The Magazine Antiques, June 1972, an article "New light on Boston stoneware and Frederick Carpenter," by Lura Woodside Watkins, author of Early New England Potters and their Wares, pp. 1052-57. Watkins identifies Frederick Carpenter as the maker of this and other "Charlestown" marked pottery, gives the history of early Boston area potteries, and illustrates similar examples.
Estimate $400-600

Jug in good condition, minor 3 in. hairline on neck, no chips, or repairs.

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