Description:
Miniature redware pitcher with a reddish-orange glaze with a green coloration covering most of one side and parts of the interior; the bottom is unglazed. There are many well-formed miniatures of redware jugs, vases, pitchers, pots, chamber pots, mold, etc, which some have claimed to be salesmen's samples. However, there is no written evidence or reminiscene to support this theory. From the quantity that survice, one may suspect that these miniatures served a variety of uses. Redware toys were produced in NYC by Dirck Claesen in the 1660s, and were still in production at the A.E. Smith Pottery at Norwalk, Connecticut, in the mid 19th century. These pieces were also sold as novelties items or given away as souvenirs of a visit to the pottery; and were probably collected for mantle display just as were similar porcelain pieces which the Victorians displayed. The pitcher has a slightly flared rim with its pouring lip opposite the applied strap handle with its flat outer surface; and rounded base curving inward just below the handle.
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