Each piece is all handmade and hand decorated, no two pieces will be absolutely identical. The pottery is made to be used as well as collected. Food, Freezer, Oven, and Microwave Safe.
Stoneware Shape Crocks
These traditionally designed crocks were used to store food, even jams and jellies, and were often covered with oil cloth coated in wax or animal skins as a lid. Liquids were also stored in the redware crocks because it cooled quickly and stayed cool.
Our redware retains the look and color of the old redware, and ranges from very plain to very fancy. We use an old decorating technique called "slip trailing" to decorate our pots with different colors of clays. A clear glaze is then applied, through which the natural reddish orange of the clay, and the colors of the slips, can be seen.
Plates
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Wavy Grid 9" $37.95 - Order #155027
Wavy Bands 12" $49.50 - Order #155018
Marbled 12" $49.50 - Order #155018 |
Redware plates make a great table setting and the tradition patterns can be mixed and matched for a stunning display.
Redware is excellent for use as baking dishes. Heat penetrates well through the red clay, and cooks food evenly. In the 17th, 18th, and early 19th centuries, the bulk of the pottery baking dishes were of redware.
18th Century Bell Mug
The bell mug was a popular design in the 18th century because it is wide at the bottom and tapering to narrow at the top which added stability.
Redware will absorb some water when it is washed; be sure it is thoroughly dry before storing it in a tight cupboard.
17th Century Thumb-Controlled Watering Pot
The watering pot has small holes at the bottom and another at the top, so that when you sink it into a vessel of water, it will fill by the lower pipe holes, the air passing out at the hole at the top where the handle is. When it is full take it by the handle and stop the hole with your thumb, and when you come to the plant you intend to water, you may let go of the hole where your thumb lies, and let the water out of the holes in the bottom. You may stop it at any time by putting your thumb back on the hole at the top.
Ovoid Pitcher
Redware is by nature somewhat porous. It will hold liquid for a period of time, but is not recommended for long-term storage of liquids.
Decorated with manganese dioxide daubs.
Candle Sconce
Redware was the earliest type of pottery made by European settlers. Many kinds of clay could be made to 'make do' for redware, whereas the salt-glazed stonewares required a clay which would fire to a very high temperature.
About 5" across, decorated with manganese dioxide sponged pattern.
