Gallery
INSTRUCTIONS:
- The gallery presents all the standard items available from Stephen Earp Redware.
- Allow for 6-8 weeks delivery on items ordered from the Gallery.
- To order from the Gallery, view the price list online,
- then print out the order form, fill it out,
- and mail it to:
Stephen Earp Redware
PO Box 10
Shelburne Falls, MA 01370.
For wholesale orders, please go to the Wholesale page on this site, or contact Stephen Earp Redware.
Contact me if you would like a Catalog, Order Form, and Price List mailed to you.
Custom Orders
Stephen Earp Redware accepts custom or commemorative orders, usually at no extra charge. Contact me for details.
New works can be seen in the What’s New section.
Categories
Flatware ~ Round, Oval, Rectangle Plates
Clay dishes were popular from the late 17th century onward. Plain, slip trailed (those decorated with clay slip) and sgraffito (incised, or engraved, decoration) examples from New England, the Mid-Atlantic States, and Britain serve as models for flatware produced at Stephen Earp Redware.
Plain Round Plates
Eating and serving plates were common in redware production. They have been found both plain and decorated (with slip trail and sgraffito) styles.
200S (small, 7"d)
200M (medium, 11"d)
200L (large, 13"d)
Slipware Round Plates
Quartrofoil Sqiggle w/Line Budding Flower
Peace Three Swags Dove
Three Between One Chicken Leaf
Contact Stephen Earp Redware for customized orders. Include decoration type in the Style/Decoration column of the order form.
Marbled, Feathered, Sgraffito Round Plates
Marbled Feathered Dotted Waves w/Eucalyptus
Lined Eucalyptus White Eucalyptus Dotted Plate
Floral Swirl Floral Sprig Dish and Heart
Willow and Doves Vine and Leaf Four Tulips
Chicken Devon Posies Devon Geometric
Devon Thistle Floral Spray Four Petals
Plain Oval Plates
210S (small, 6"x8")
210M (medium 8"x11")
210L (large 11"x14")
Slipware Oval Plates
Good and Cheap Success to Trade
March Hare
Swag with Lines Dotted Wave
Marbled, Feathered, Sgraffito Oval Plates
Marbled Oval Plate Feathered Oval Plate
Eucalyptus Oval Plate Peacock Oval Plate
Tree of Life with Doves Eight Tulips
Leaf and Vine
Plain Rectangle Plates
220S (small 6"x8")
220M (medium 8"x11")
220L (large 11"x14")
Slipware Rectangle Plates
Three Swags Money Wanted
Rabbit Leaf
Feathered, Sgraffito, Rectangle Plates
Feathered Rectangle Plate Dotted Wave Rectangle Plate
Eucalyptus Rectangle Plate Wavy Lines
Three Tulips Tulip
Floral Two Tulips
Peacock
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Flatware ~ Octagon Plates
Clay dishes were popular from the late 17th century onward. Plain, slip trailed (those decorated with clay slip), marbled, feathered, and sgraffito (incised, or engraved, decoration) examples from New England, Pennsylvania, and early English sites serve as models for flatware produced at Stephen Earp Redware.
Contact Stephen Earp Redware for customized orders. Include decoration type in the Style/Decoration column of the order form.
Bird Dotted Wave Tulip
Marbled Octagon Feathered Octagon Lady's Slipper
English Tulip Owl Staffordshire Floral
Floral Floral Floral
Floral Floral Floral
Sunflower Vine and Leaf Tulip
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Hollow Ware ~ Cooking
Hollow Ware refers to three-dimensional pottery, generally for domestic use. In other words, it’s everything but the plates! Plain hollow ware was most common, but slip trailed examples (pottery decorated with clay slip) were sometimes used at table and hearth. In descriptions below, “d” indicates “depth,” and “h” indicates “height.” For special order decorations (wren, chicken, leaf, wheat sprig, lace, etc.) on any item in the catalogue, consult Stephen Earp Redware.
Bake Dishes (pie plates)
Pie plates belong to an age-old class of pottery known as “pans,” which are distinguished from their primordial siblings, “pots,” by being wider across than they are tall. Many were decorated with slip trailed patterns, names of various kinds of pies, or the name of the cook. Note: Add $5.00 for slip trailed decoration; see order form for this option.
140M medium (8"d)
140L large (10"d)
Note: Slip trailed decoration is available on bake dishes (though not typically in stock); add $5.00 and indicate decoration type on order form: wren, lace, or wheat. See photos of flasks to view designs.
Bean Pots
Originally, any pot with a lid could be used for cooking beans--either in the fireplace or, in later years, in the oven. By the 1840's, the "low bean pot" (round, lidded, and with a single handle) was ubiquitous to rural kitchens throughout the United States.
141s small (5"h)
141m medium (7"h)
141L large (9"h)
Pipkins
Early Dutch paintings show pipkin-like forms placed on tables, holding broth, soup, or stew in individual proportions; they were also depicted holding medicinal mixtures. Their period of popularity was the 16th - 17th century; in the United States they were found primarily in New Amsterdam (which today we know as New York).
142 (5-6"h)
Ramekins
Custard cups, or ramekins, were used for baking "custards," which were similar to modern cupcakes.
143 (2.5"d)
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Hollow Ware ~ Serving
Hollow Ware refers to three-dimensional pottery, generally for domestic use. In other words, it’s everything but the plates! Plain hollow ware was most common, but slip trailed examples (pottery decorated with clay slip) were sometimes used at table and hearth. In descriptions below, “d” indicates “depth,” and “h” indicates “height.” For special order decorations (wren, chicken, leaf, wheat sprig, lace, etc.) on any item in the catalogue, consult Stephen Earp Redware.
Pitchers
Pitchers were common throughout the redware tradition. The pitchers produced at Stephen Earp Redware are a composite of outstanding elements of pitchers made along the Eastern Seaboard during the early 19th century.
100XS mini (3"h)
100S small (5"h)
100M medium (7"h)
100L large (10-11"h)
Mugs and Tankards
Up until the 17th Century, individual clay mugs were uncommon. But by the 18th century, tall, straight-sided tankards became fashionable. Ribbed mugs could also be called "cans" (after the German “kannen,” meaning mug). Barrel shaped mugs, often referred to as “cider mugs,” were popular during early presidential campaigns in the United States.
101P plain (4.5"h)
101B barrel (5"h)
101R ribbed (5"h)
101T tankard (6.5"h)
Bowls
The variety of bowls produced from the 17th - 19th centuries was vast. By the 19th century, bowls were utilized in domestic service--for food preparation, serving, and eating, as well as for wash basins.
102S small (5"d)
102M medium (8"d)
102L large (11"d)
Porringers
Porringers were widely made and intended for gruel, porridge, stew, or any food which needed to be eaten with a spoon.
103 (5"d)
Scalloped Dishes
Throughout the country, scalloped-rim dishes were intended primarily for the table. Salt or spices were kept in them, to be sprinkled on meals.
104 (3.5"d)
Flasks,Plain and Decorated
Flasks were common in the Connecticut region from the late 1700's onward but were relatively rarer in other parts of New England. Many flasks were decorated with slip-trailed designs. Stephen Earp Redware continues this practice, though designs are taken from a variety of historical sources, not just those found on historical flasks.
105 plain (4-5"h)
106 decorated (4-5"h)
Available decoration types:
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Hollow Ware - Storing
Hollow Ware refers to three-dimensional pottery, generally for domestic use. In other words, it’s everything but the plates! Plain hollow ware was most common, but slip trailed examples (pottery decorated with clay slip) were sometimes used at table and hearth. In descriptions below, “d” indicates “depth,” and “h” indicates “height.” For special order decorations (wren, chicken, leaf, wheat sprig, lace, etc.) on any item in the catalogue, consult Stephen Earp Redware.
Jugs
Re-usable jugs contained rose water (an early flavoring), rum, molasses and other liquids. The jugs of Stephen Earp Redware follow the rounded forms of early 19th century Connecticut potters, who attached strap handles to the shoulders of their jugs, rather than directly off the neck.
120S small (4-5"h)
120M medium (7-8"h)
120L large (10-11"h)
Note: Slip trailed decoration is available on jugs (though not typically in stock); add $5.00 and indicate decoration type on order form: wren, lace, or wheat. See photos of flasks to view designs.
Oval Jars
Oval storage jars have been made since pre-historic times. After 1790, a classical revival in Europe promoted interest in ancient Mediterranean shapes with strong, oval
Tree of Life Oval Jarscontours. The lidded oval jars of Stephen Earp Redware take their inspiration from jars made during this time.
121S small (5'h)
121M medium (8"h)
121L large (10-11"h)
Mischianza Oval JarsNote: Slip trailed decoration is available on jars (though not typically in stock); add $5.00 and indicate decoration type on order form: wren, lace, or wheat. See photos of flasks to view designs.
Lidded Jar
w/Handles
In the United States, excellent examples of this form were made in Southwestern Connecticut and Long Island, New York. These serve as models for the lidded jars with handles produced by Stephen Earp Redware.
122S small (6"h)
122M medium (8"h)
122L large (10-11"h)
Note: Slip trailed decoration is available on lidded jars (though not typically in stock); add $5.00 and indicate decoration type on order form: wren, lace, or wheat. See photos of flasks to view designs.
Preserve Jars
Preserve Pots, originally referred to as “Galipots,” are known for their collared rims, which were covered with sheets of parchment or bladder, tied off, and sometimes sealed with wax. The preserve pot is the precursor of the modern preserve jar made of glass.
123S small (5"h)
123M medium (7-8"h)
123L large (10-11"h)
Note: Slip trailed decoration is available on preserve pots (though not typically in stock); add $5.00 and indicate decoration type on order form: wren, lace, or wheat. See photos of flasks to view designs.
Cannisters
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Hollow Ware - Whimsys and Curios
Chamber Sticks (also known as “Candle Sticks”)
Clay candle holders were made beginning at least in the early 17th century. Candle holders were often referred to as "chamber sticks," due to a common use: to help someone use the chamber pot in the middle of the night!
160S small (2"h)
160M medium (8-9"h)
Face Jugs
Pottery vessels adorned with facial features have existed for millennia, and examples can be found on virtually every continent. “Grotesque” face jugs were produced in small but consistent numbers throughout the Eastern United States (and were especially common in the south), in both redware and stoneware, from the early 1800's onward.
161XS mini (3"h)
161S small (5"h)
161M medium (8"h)
161L large (10-11"h)
Ring Jugs
The ring jug form was known by different names and had a variety of uses and shapes over the centuries and across continents. While the form was rare in the redware tradition, many potters tried their hand at it, at one time or another.
162 (10"d)
Puzzle Jugs
Puzzle jugs were trick drinking vessels found in taverns or brought out in homes to provide amusement and possibly embarrassment. The "puzzle" was to find the correct way to drink from the jug without spilling any liquor in the process. These jugs were rather rare.
163S small (5"h)
163L large (7-8"h)
Demon Bank
347 (7-8"h)
Hen basket
369S (7-8"h)
Hens
373 (2-3"h)
Planters
Paper Towel Dispensers
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