Brown Stoneware Rockingham Glaze Pitcher
This curvy pitcher is made of stoneware, covered in the dark brown glaze called "Rockingham." American Rockingham wares were made from 1840 to 1900 by many American potteries. The name came into use in the 1820's on English earthenware made on the estate of the Marquess of Rockingham in Yorkshire.
The footed jug features a low waist, a grooved applied handle and a pulled spout. Rockingham-glazed pieces rarely had a maker's mark because the glaze usually covered it, but we have pictured the bottom of this pitcher with what may be a shield-shaped mark.
Standing 6 1/4 inches tall, the pitcher measures 7 1/2 inches across from the spout to the handle and it weighs one pound six ounces. There are several glaze pops, fine scratches in the clear, glossy top glaze and an old small chip on the underside of the spout along with several on the foot rim that reveal the gray stoneware clay used.
The jug is otherwise in good condition and does hold water for fresh flowers. It's a nice piece of pottery from the 1800's that displays handsomely.
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