Dresser, Vermont, ca. 1835. Pine and painted decoration. H. 86", W. 57", D. 20". (Private collection; photo, © Christie’s Images Limited 1995.)

Jug, England, ca. 1780. Earthenware. H. 5 5/8". (Rickard Collection.)

Mug, England, ca. 1795. Earthenware. H. 5 15/16". (Rickard Collection.)

Mug, England, ca. 1800. Earthenware. H. 3 1/2". (Rickard Collection.)

Mug, England, ca. 1810. Earthenware. H. 4 3/4". (Rickard Collection; photo, Gavin Ashworth.)

Mug, England, ca. 1810. Earthenware. H. 5 7/8". (Rickard Collection.)

Bowl, England, ca. 1820. Earthenware. Diam. 9 3/8". (Rickard Collection.)

Bowl, England, 1825–1835. Lead-glazed earthenware. Diam. 5". (Courtesy, National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution.)

Erastus Salisbury Field, Girl Holding Rattle, probably Lee, Massachusetts, ca. 1838. Oil on canvas. 34 3/4" x 25 1/2". (Courtesy, Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Folk Art Museum, Colonial Williamsburg Foundation, Williamsburg, Virginia.) Field often depicted his subjects standing on a Fancy ingrain carpet.