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?Figure 1  Hound-handle pitcher, Harker, Taylor & Co. East Liverpool, Ohio, 1847–1851. Rockingham glazed earthenware. H. 9‹÷¢". (All objects from the Arthur F. Goldberg collection; photos, Gavin Ashworth).
Figure 2  Detail of the Harker, Taylor & Co. mark on the bottom of the pitcher illustrated in fig. 1.
Figure 3  Hound-handle pitcher, East Liverpool, Ohio, ca. 1965. Rockingham glazed earthenware. H. 9‹÷¢". The upper portion and hound are covered with an oV-white glaze. The impressed mark reads: “Reproduction Harker Rockingham/Mfg 1848/U.S.A. 1965.”
Figure 4  Octagonal paneled pitcher, attributed to Bennett & Brothers, East Liverpool, Ohio, or Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, ca. 1844. Rockingham glazed earthenware. H. 7‹÷•". Powdered flint was added to the Rockingham glaze to produce the streaks of green and blue. A similar pitcher with a diVerent Rockingham glaze is in the collection of the East Liverpool Museum of Ceramics, East Liverpool, Ohio.
Figure 5  “Boar and Stag Hunt” pitcher with hound handle, E. & W. Bennett, Baltimore, Maryland, 1850–1858. Rockingham glazed earthenware. H. 7‡÷•".
Figure 6  Detail of the mark “E. & W. BENNETT/ CANTON AVENUE/ BALTIMORE, MD”. in large rectangle on the base of the pitcher illustrated in fig. 5. Two of the three stilt marks are visible.
Figure 7  “Gypsy” pitcher, E. & W.
Bennett, Baltimore, Maryland, 1850–1858. Rockingham glazed earthenware. H. 8fi÷•". This pitcher has a modified branch handle with very crisp defined details. It is marked “E. & W. BENNETT/CANTON AVENUE/BALTIMORE, Md.” in small rectangle and has three stilt marks in a triangular pattern on the base.
Figure 8  “Heron” pitcher, attributed to E. & W. Bennett, Baltimore, Maryland, 1850–1858. Rockingham glazed earthenware. H. 10". This is a molded covered ale pitcher with a branch handle.
Figure 9  Shaving mug, E. & W. Bennett, Baltimore, Maryland, 1850–1858. Rockingham glazed earthenware. H. 4‹÷•". This molded mug has the image on both sides of Toby seated holding a razor in one hand with a mug in his other. It is marked “E. & W. BENNETT/CANTON AVENUE/BALTIMORE/ Md.” and has three stilt marks in a triangular pattern on the base.
Figure 10  Teapot, attributed to E. & W. Bennett, Baltimore, Maryland 1851–1857. Rockingham glazed earthenware. H. 10". This teapot has the molded inscription “REBEKAH AT THE WELL” on the front and a flower finial on the lid. Three spur marks in a triangular pattern are on the base.
Figure 11  Lion figure, attributed to Lyman, Fenton & Co., or United States Pottery Company, Bennington, Vermont, 1849–1858. Flint enamel earthenware. H. 9⁄÷™". The lion has a shredded clay mane and a protruding tongue.
Figure 12  Hound-handled pitcher, United States Pottery Company, Bennington, Vermont, 1852–1856. Rockingham glazed earthenware. H. 12⁄÷•". There are three stilt marks in a triangular pattern on the base.
Figure 13  Hound-handle pitcher, American Pottery Company, Jersey City, New Jersey, 1840–1845. Rockingham glazed stoneware. H. 9⁄÷¢". This molded pitcher has double dipped brown glaze on its upper portion and a putty colored glaze inside. The neck and shoulder have an undulating vine with leaves, tendrils, and grape clusters. A scene of hounds attacking a stag is on one side and a boar being attacked by mastiVs is on the other.
Figure 14  Detail of the mark on the bottom of the pitcher illustrated in fig. 13.
Figure 15  Hound-handle pitcher, American Pottery Company, Jersey City, New Jersey, 1840–1850. Rockingham glazed stoneware. H. 8⁄÷™". This molded pitcher has a reddish brown glaze outside and a putty colored glaze inside. A vine with leaves, tendrils, and grape clusters is on
its neck and shoulder.
Figure 16  Detail of the “AMERICAN POTTERY” mark on the collar band of hound-handle pitcher illustrated in fig. 15.
Figure 17  Pitcher, attributed to the American Pottery Co., Jersey City, New Jersey, ca. 1845. Rockingham glazed earthenware. H. 9⁄÷¢". This molded pitcher is decorated with an elaborate design featuring gothic architecture and eight apostles. This example is unmarked although a
similar pitcher with the American Pottery Co. mark is in the Clement Collection, Brooklyn Museum of Art.
Figure 18  Toby Philpott pitchers. Left: attributed to the Salamander Works, New York City or Woodbridge, New Jersey, 1837–1850s. Rockingham glazed stoneware. H. 13". This example has a reddish brown glaze, double dipped on its upper body, and a putty colored glaze inside. This form probably represents pattern
J on the Salamander Works’ 1837 price list. Right: attributed to the American Pottery Company, Jersey City, New Jersey, 1840. Rockingham glazed stoneware. H. 9". This pitcher has a rustic branch handle and a reddish brown, putty colored glaze inside.
Figure 19  Hound-handle pitcher,
attributed to Salamander Works, New York City or Woodbridge, New Jersey, 1837–1850s. Rockingham glazed stoneware. H. 11". A hunt scene of hounds attacking a stag is on one side and a boar being attacked by mastiVs is on the other. The pitcher has a leafy hop vine with flowers around the neck and a scalloped design around the shoulder.
Figure 20  Hound-handle pitcher,
Salamander Works, New York City or Woodbridge, New Jersey, 1837–1850s. Rockingham glazed stoneware. H. 10". A hunt scene of hounds attacking a stag is on one side and a boar being attacked by mastiVs is on the other. The lower half of the pitcher is not glazed, and the interior is putty colored. The neck has a leafy hop vine with flowers, and the shoulder has a square scalloped fringe. The base is embossed “B2.” This pitcher is called the “Hound Pattern” on the Salamander Works’ 1837 price list.
Figure 21  Pitcher, Salamander Works, New York City or Woodbridge, New
Jersey, 1837–1850s. Rockingham glazed stoneware. H. 11⁄÷™". This example is a reddish brown color with a putty colored glaze inside; an oak leafed branch with acorns is around its neck, a lotus leaf design on its shoulder, and its body surface is covered with elaborate parallel rhomboids surrounded by a delicate
dot-like design simulating a pineapple. It has a branch handle and is embossed N1 on the base.
Figure 22  Covered pitcher, Swan Hill Pottery, Edward Hanks and Charles Fish, South Amboy, New Jersey, 1850–1852. Yellow ware. H. 11‡÷•". This example has
a strainer spout and an elaborate bifid branch handle with a branch finial on
the lid.
Figure 23  Detail of the mark on the base of the yellow ware pitcher illustrated in fig. 22. It is impressed “SWAN HILL/ POTTERY/SOUTH AMBOY.”
Figure 24  Hound-handle pitcher, possibly East Liverpool, Ohio, mid-nineteenth century. Rockingham glazed earthenware. H. 9‹÷¢". This eight sided pitcher has a molded eagle beneath its spout and is colored with a speckled blue flint glaze.
Figure 25  Pitcher, American, mid-
nineteenth century. Rockingham glazed earthenware. H. 10". This molded pitcher has a hanging game scene and a branch shaped handle. Three stilt marks in a triangular pattern are on the base.
Figure 26  Presentation pitcher, attributed to John L. Rue and Company, 1870. Rockingham glazed earthenware. H. 9". The pitcher has a branch-shaped handle and a flint enamel glazed frog inside on the bottom. The name “D. REGAN” in raised white glazed letters is on the front with “Daniel Regan” and “August 3, 1870” incised on the base.
Figure 27  Presentation pitcher, probably South Amboy, New Jersey, 1860–1870. Rockingham glazed earthenware. H. 10". This pitcher may have been made by John L. Rue and Company, the Swan Hill Pottery, or a later firm copying their work. It has an elaborate filigree-like design around a circular medallion with a bearded man’s head. On the front, in white letters, is the name “MRS JOHN WEBB.” The inside has a white glaze and a molded Rockingham glazed frog on the bottom.
Figure 28  Teapot, attributed to John E. JeVords and Company, Philadelphia, 1868–ca. 1876 and possibly later. Rockingham glazed earthenware. H. 9‹÷¢".
A medallion of a woman’s head is on
both sides.
Figure 29  Pitcher attributed to John E. JeVords and Company, Philadelphia, 1868–ca. 1876 and possibly later. Rockingham glazed earthenware. H. 8". A medallion of a woman’s head is on both sides.
Figure 30  Pitcher, American, mid-
nineteenth century. Rockingham glazed earthenware. H. 11⁄÷•".
Figure 31  Cake mold, American, mid-
nineteenth century. Rockingham glazed earthenware. D. 10".
Figure 32  Spittoon, Harker, Taylor & Company, East Liverpool, Ohio, ca. 1852. Rockingham glazed earthenware. D. 8⁄÷™". Impressed mark on base: “ETRURIA WORKS/EAST LIVERPOOL” in circle with “1852” in center.
Figure 33  Candlestick, Lyman, Fenton & Co. / United States Pottery Company, Bennington, Vermont, 1849–1858. Rockingham glazed earthenware. H. 9‹÷•". Flint enamel was added to the glaze.
Figure 34  Figures probably by W. H. Farrar, Geddes (Syracuse), New York, ca. 1840–1857, or made in Lyons, New York, by Nathan Clark or Thompson Harrington in the 1850s. Rockingham glazed molded earthenware H. 9‡÷•" and 10⁄÷¢". These unmarked figures have a quarter inch central hole in the base.