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signed dated 1813 redware charger mold extra rare
This mold was used by the potter to create redware chargers. Molds are quite rare as only 1 was required to create hundreds if not thosands of finished pieces.
This mold is signed in sgraffitto "T H Feb 5th, 1813, his mould"
The first pottery in the Hill-Fulper-Stangl reign was founded by Samuel Hill in 1814 or 1815 in Flemington, NJ. Upon Samuel Hill's death in 1858, pottery worker Abram Fulper began purchasing Hill Pottery from the Hill estate. By the 1860s, the company now owned by Abram Fulper (also known as Abraham) was called Fulper Pottery. By this time the company was producing an assortment of earthenware, stoneware and tile products.Abram Fulper's sons continued the pottery after his passing. The company became known as Fulper Bros. or Fulper Bros. & Co. during the 1880s. Products continued to be utilitarian stoneware and household crockery and tile.In 1899, the company was incorporated as Fulper Pottery Co. Secretary and treasurer of the company was William Hill Fulper II, grandson of Abram, graduate of Princeton University and veteran of the Spanish-American War. The company at that time was producing more household items such as storage jars and Fire-Proof Cookware. Beginning about 1900, Fulper's master potter John Kunsman began throwing a variety of vases and jugs with simple solid color glazes. These were displayed on the sidewalk in front of the pottery building and sold to Flemington visitors and passersby. Some of Kunsman's artware was exhibited at the Louisiana Purchase Exposition with a display of Fulper Germ Proof Filters in 1904 and won an honorable mention for design.
This piece was on exhibit at Fulpers museum and has 2 Fulper stickers circa 1915 along with the type written description label.
It is still unknown who "T H" is but Fulper recognized it as some relation to Samuel.
We are offering this rare artifact from what Stangl described as the "oldest pottery in the US"
the Hill-Fulper-Stangl Potteries Museum is now closed permanently. And now with the recent sale of the Pfaltzgraff company, the future of this historic building is uncertain. Plans for a new shopping center on adjacent property are already under review.
This item remains as the oldest artifact from the oldest pottery in the USA.
We are proud to make it available for purchase.
Circa: 1813
Condition: excellant
Size: 11 1/2inch X 14 1/2inch
Country of Origin: US
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Gilson & Co, Reading, PA ovoid crock w/heart decoration
ovoid salt glazed jar with impressed mark, "Gilson & Co, Reading, PA #2", cobalt heart on oposite side, 2 small chips on top edges, A finely decorated early piece of stoneware. No cracks or restorations.
Circa: 1830
Condition: excellent
Size: 10inch dia X 11 1/2inch ht
Country of Origin: US
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