CIRCA 1850-1858 YELLOWWARE ROCKINGHAM GLAZE PITCHER ENTITLED “THE GAMEKEEPER”

CIRCA 1850-1858 YELLOWWARE ROCKINGHAM GLAZE PITCHER ENTITLED “THE GAMEKEEPER”

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Yellowware Rockingham glaze pitcher 8 ” tall.  E.&W. Bennett  1850-1858 or Edwin Bennett  1858-1870, Baltimore MD.  The name of this pitcher is “The Gamekeeper”. It depicts on the left a gamekeeper holding a shotgun with his dog beside him.  On the right is a fanciful tree with large, perching peacock type birds.  It was copied from English models by Bennett’s master mold maker Charles Coxon.  Coxon adapted many English designs for the Bennett’s in the 1850s and early 1860s.  The Bennett brothers perfected what we now call the Rockingham glaze.  The pitcher was completely dipped in a colorless glaze and then a dark glaze was splashed over it.  No two pieces are the same since the dark glaze ran and puddled differently each time.   Bennett pottery was extremely popular in Maryland and Pennsylvania during the Civil War.  It was an inexpensive alternative to silver or fine porcelain for working class families that could not afford those luxuries.   [lj][ph:L]

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